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Paraspio decorata

3,105Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
11Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan135
Feb229
Mar257
Apr432
May258
Jun400
Jul319
Aug399
Sep353
Oct181
Nov34
Dec55

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales21
2Shetland Islands —18
3Highland Scotland12
4Ceredigion Wales6
5Orkney Islands Scotland5
6Cornwall England3
7Cumbria England3
8Isle of Anglesey Wales2
9Conwy Wales2
10Devon England1
11Argyll and Bute Scotland1
128 England2,017 Scotland448 Wales13 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 11 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,105
Peak month
April
Counties with records
11
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,079
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Spionidae
Genus
Paraspio
Name with authority
Paraspio decorata (Bobretzky, 1870)
Described
1870
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2166416 · GBIF 2320835