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Peanut worm

Phascolion strombus

5,102Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
10Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan215
Feb265
Mar351
Apr499
May559
Jun513
Jul738
Aug768
Sep470
Oct277
Nov146
Dec148

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Shetland Islands —20
2Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland18
3Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland15
4Highland Scotland12
5Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland9
6Argyll and Bute Scotland6
7Pembrokeshire Wales3
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland2
9Orkney Islands Scotland2
10Ards and North Down Northern Ireland1
275 England2,004 Scotland237 Wales536 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 10 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,102
Peak month
August
Counties with records
10
Scientific name
Phascolion strombus
Group
Other invertebrates
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Sipuncula
Class
Sipunculidea
Order
Golfingiiformes
Family
Phascoliidae
Genus
Phascolion
Name with authority
Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804)
Described
1804
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2807667 · GBIF 2509463