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Parchment Worm

Chaetopterus variopedatus

1,390Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
11Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan27
Feb18
Mar54
Apr49
May70
Jun119
Jul191
Aug330
Sep326
Oct94
Nov52
Dec32

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland34
2Highland Scotland25
3North Ayrshire Scotland11
4Isles of Scilly England9
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland7
6Torbay England4
7Isle of Anglesey Wales3
8Cornwall England2
9Gwynedd Wales2
10Orkney Islands Scotland1
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland1
297 England678 Scotland51 Wales124 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
1,390
Peak month
August
Counties with records
11
Scientific name
Chaetopterus variopedatus
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,216
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Chaetopteridae
Genus
Chaetopterus
Name with authority
Chaetopterus variopedatus (Renier, 1804)
Described
1804
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1058747 · GBIF 5197910