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Peacock Worm

Sabella pavonina

7,900Records since 2000
JunePeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan705
Feb92
Mar185
Apr305
May399
Jun1,797
Jul1,773
Aug1,061
Sep850
Oct362
Nov235
Dec112

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland146
2Cornwall England129
3Highland Scotland113
4Norfolk England74
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland39
6Suffolk England22
7Essex England19
8Dorset England16
9Isle of Anglesey Wales15
10Pembrokeshire Wales14
11Devon England11
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland8
13Isles of Scilly England8
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland8
15Gwynedd Wales6
2,740 England1,410 Scotland415 Wales321 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,900
Peak month
June
Counties with records
30
Scientific name
Sabella pavonina
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,251
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Sabellida
Family
Sabellidae
Genus
Sabella
Name with authority
Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1822
Described
1822
Contributing datasets
59

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1171262 · GBIF 2328559