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Erpobdella octoculata

2,391Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
59Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb7
Mar288
Apr566
May288
Jun119
Jul115
Aug81
Sep459
Oct305
Nov127
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales420
2Powys Wales284
3Isle of Anglesey Wales170
4Ceredigion Wales151
5Carmarthenshire Wales151
6Pembrokeshire Wales123
7Monmouthshire Wales98
8Conwy Wales94
9Denbighshire Wales89
10Worcestershire England51
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland44
12Cambridgeshire England41
13Wrexham Wales40
14Herefordshire, County of England32
15Swansea Wales26
210 England166 Scotland1,920 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,391
Peak month
April
Counties with records
59
Scientific name
Erpobdella octoculata
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,600
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Clitellata
Order
Arhynchobdellida
Family
Erpobdellidae
Genus
Erpobdella
Name with authority
Erpobdella octoculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q341177 · GBIF 2308846