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Honeycomb Worm

Sabellaria alveolata

5,154Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
40Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb30
Mar88
Apr912
May1,272
Jun476
Jul1,356
Aug284
Sep433
Oct139
Nov31
Dec34

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ceredigion Wales1,206
2Gwynedd Wales674
3Devon England114
4Cornwall England93
5Swansea Wales33
6Dumfries and Galloway Scotland31
7Cumbria England30
8Pembrokeshire Wales30
9Ards and North Down Northern Ireland28
10Isles of Scilly England26
11Dorset England18
12Highland Scotland16
13East Lothian Scotland14
14East Riding of Yorkshire England13
15Plymouth England13
395 England22 Scotland3,867 Wales20 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 40 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,154
Peak month
July
Counties with records
40
Scientific name
Sabellaria alveolata
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,942
Most recorded in
Ceredigion, Gwynedd, Devon, Cornwall
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Sabellida
Family
Sabellariidae
Genus
Sabellaria
Name with authority
Sabellaria alveolata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1147658 · GBIF 5199252