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Ophelina acuminata

2,953Records since 2000
JunePeak month
7Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan126
Feb110
Mar180
Apr133
May429
Jun821
Jul460
Aug205
Sep188
Oct105
Nov80
Dec40

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland32
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland12
3Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland11
4Redcar and Cleveland England11
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland2
6Cumbria England1
7Shetland Islands —1
56 England1,062 Scotland95 Wales415 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,953
Peak month
June
Counties with records
7
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,649
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Opheliidae
Genus
Ophelina
Name with authority
Ophelina acuminata Örsted, 1843
Described
1843
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2263784 · GBIF 5197511