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Long-worm

Aporrectodea longa

1,232Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan63
Feb44
Mar82
Apr190
May53
Jun24
Jul9
Aug10
Sep58
Oct229
Nov169
Dec63

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Leeds England106
2Worcestershire England78
3Dumfries and Galloway Scotland62
4Bath and North East Somerset England35
5Aberdeenshire Scotland34
6Surrey England24
7Highland Scotland23
8Perth and Kinross Scotland23
9Scottish Borders Scotland22
10Cumbria England19
11South Lanarkshire Scotland19
12Dorset England18
13West Berkshire England18
14Aberdeen City Scotland18
15Moray Scotland18
895 England310 Scotland14 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,232
Peak month
October
Counties with records
67
Scientific name
Aporrectodea longa
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,208
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Clitellata
Order
Crassiclitellata
Family
Lumbricidae
Genus
Aporrectodea
Name with authority
Aporrectodea longa (Ude, 1885)
Described
1885
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5168097 · GBIF 2307757