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Glycera oxycephala

3,980Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
2Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan169
Feb146
Mar122
Apr130
May213
Jun450
Jul668
Aug1,044
Sep372
Oct216
Nov279
Dec110

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland2
2Cumbria England1
335 England34 Scotland167 Wales90 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 2 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,980
Peak month
August
Counties with records
2
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
634
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Family
Glyceridae
Genus
Glycera
Name with authority
Glycera oxycephala Ehlers, 1887
Described
1887
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2348238 · GBIF 5195472