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Kirkegaardia dorsobranchialis

1,359Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
6Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan32
Feb126
Mar230
Apr348
May124
Jun228
Jul50
Aug77
Sep92
Oct34
Nov10
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland6
2Highland Scotland4
3Devon England3
4Argyll and Bute Scotland3
5Cornwall England2
6Plymouth England1
68 England211 Scotland296 Wales89 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,359
Peak month
April
Counties with records
6
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
669
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Cirratulidae
Genus
Kirkegaardia
Name with authority
Kirkegaardia dorsobranchialis (Kirkegaard, 1959)
Described
1959
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q61625686 · GBIF 9088686