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Gregarious fanworm

Pseudopotamilla reniformis

2,081Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
5Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan97
Feb71
Mar83
Apr54
May144
Jun257
Jul211
Aug664
Sep273
Oct90
Nov62
Dec41

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Torbay England7
2Pembrokeshire Wales2
3Ceredigion Wales1
4Conwy Wales1
5Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1
208 England76 Scotland70 Wales79 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,081
Peak month
August
Counties with records
5
Scientific name
Pseudopotamilla reniformis
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
439
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Sabellida
Family
Sabellidae
Genus
Pseudopotamilla
Name with authority
Pseudopotamilla reniformis (Bruguière, 1789)
Described
1789
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2144448 · GBIF 2329268