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Golden trumpet worm

Amphictene auricoma

3,367Records since 2000
MayPeak month
7Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan144
Feb238
Mar268
Apr329
May516
Jun497
Jul240
Aug123
Sep237
Oct293
Nov109
Dec41

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland8
2Highland Scotland4
3Argyll and Bute Scotland4
4Aberdeenshire Scotland4
5Pembrokeshire Wales2
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
7Conwy Wales1
226 England1,139 Scotland105 Wales213 Northern Ireland2 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,367
Peak month
May
Counties with records
7
Scientific name
Amphictene auricoma
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,752
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Pectinariidae
Genus
Amphictene
Name with authority
Amphictene auricoma (O.F.Müller, 1776)
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3145898 · GBIF 2324222