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Paddleworm

Eteone longa

11,137Records since 2000
JunePeak month
32Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan250
Feb462
Mar1,088
Apr961
May1,259
Jun1,944
Jul1,340
Aug1,255
Sep1,347
Oct452
Nov343
Dec235

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland56
2Cornwall England39
3Suffolk England34
4Gwynedd Wales33
5Essex England26
6Orkney Islands Scotland25
7Cumbria England18
8Isle of Wight England13
9Fife Scotland10
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland10
11Portsmouth England10
12Redcar and Cleveland England10
13Pembrokeshire Wales9
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland7
15Devon England6
889 England2,726 Scotland1,308 Wales902 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,137
Peak month
June
Counties with records
32
Scientific name
Eteone longa
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,947
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Family
Phyllodocidae
Genus
Eteone
Name with authority
Eteone longa (Fabricius, 1780)
Described
1780
Contributing datasets
38

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1906450 · GBIF 5195171