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Melinna palmata

7,885Records since 2000
JunePeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan205
Feb464
Mar1,201
Apr1,121
May1,159
Jun1,379
Jul683
Aug414
Sep641
Oct258
Nov148
Dec119

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England72
2Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland62
3Essex England48
4Highland Scotland33
5Argyll and Bute Scotland29
6Isle of Wight England29
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland25
8Suffolk England22
9Pembrokeshire Wales18
10Ards and North Down Northern Ireland12
11Gwynedd Wales11
12Devon England10
13Portsmouth England8
14Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland8
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland4
623 England2,920 Scotland668 Wales1,292 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,885
Peak month
June
Counties with records
19
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,544
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Mid and East Antrim
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Melinnidae
Genus
Melinna
Name with authority
Melinna palmata Grube, 1870
Described
1870
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2491577 · GBIF 5199192