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Lamarck's Christmas Tree Worm

Spirobranchus lamarcki

8,023Records since 2000
JunePeak month
28Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan164
Feb279
Mar715
Apr630
May860
Jun1,233
Jul1,109
Aug1,122
Sep909
Oct332
Nov269
Dec116

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England61
2Pembrokeshire Wales36
3Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland27
4Devon England24
5Torbay England19
6Highland Scotland18
7Ceredigion Wales16
8Isle of Wight England13
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland13
10Isle of Anglesey Wales11
11Argyll and Bute Scotland7
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland7
13Cumbria England6
14Orkney Islands Scotland6
15Essex England4
952 England589 Scotland500 Wales588 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 28 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,023
Peak month
June
Counties with records
28
Scientific name
Spirobranchus lamarcki
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,808
Most recorded in
Cornwall
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Sabellida
Family
Serpulidae
Genus
Spirobranchus
Name with authority
Spirobranchus lamarcki (Quatrefages, 1866)
Described
1866
Contributing datasets
53

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2422571 · GBIF 5959024