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Pista cristata

4,898Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
10Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan178
Feb202
Mar232
Apr373
May519
Jun495
Jul699
Aug751
Sep516
Oct249
Nov272
Dec155

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland24
2Shetland Islands —20
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland7
4Argyll and Bute Scotland4
5Isles of Scilly England2
6Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland2
7Devon England1
8Pembrokeshire Wales1
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1
10Torbay England1
200 England2,157 Scotland150 Wales110 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
4,898
Peak month
August
Counties with records
10
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,642
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Terebellidae
Genus
Pista
Name with authority
Pista cristata (Müller, 1776)
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2024120 · GBIF 2324580