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Malacoceros fuliginosus

3,920Records since 2000
JunePeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan167
Feb228
Mar278
Apr479
May366
Jun635
Jul520
Aug471
Sep342
Oct254
Nov60
Dec82

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Shetland Islands —25
2Highland Scotland21
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland14
4Argyll and Bute Scotland12
5Norfolk England9
6North Yorkshire England9
7Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland8
8Cornwall England4
9Isles of Scilly England4
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland4
11Redcar and Cleveland England3
12Suffolk England1
13Devon England1
14Isle of Wight England1
15Orkney Islands Scotland1
57 England3,701 Scotland29 Wales60 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,920
Peak month
June
Counties with records
20
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,936
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Spionidae
Genus
Malacoceros
Name with authority
Malacoceros fuliginosus (Claparède, 1868)
Described
1868
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2113310 · GBIF 2321399