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Glycerine Worm

Glycera tridactyla

5,164Records since 2000
JunePeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan102
Feb151
Mar725
Apr806
May576
Jun1,233
Jul669
Aug283
Sep245
Oct165
Nov77
Dec64

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland15
2Pembrokeshire Wales14
3Essex England9
4Ceredigion Wales8
5Gwynedd Wales7
6Argyll and Bute Scotland6
7Cornwall England5
8Isle of Anglesey Wales5
9Portsmouth England5
10Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland4
11Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland4
12Suffolk England3
13Devon England3
14Isle of Wight England3
15Conwy Wales3
302 England1,348 Scotland896 Wales156 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,164
Peak month
June
Counties with records
16
Scientific name
Glycera tridactyla
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,766
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Family
Glyceridae
Genus
Glycera
Name with authority
Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861
Described
1861
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q48856353 · GBIF 5195560