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Planaria torva

116Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar9
Apr18
May14
Jun2
Jul7
Aug13
Sep38
Oct9
Nov5
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales26
2Monmouthshire Wales26
3Gwynedd Wales15
4Ceredigion Wales7
5Highland Scotland6
6Carmarthenshire Wales6
7Denbighshire Wales4
8Conwy Wales3
9North Ayrshire Scotland3
10Worcestershire England2
11Argyll and Bute Scotland2
12Falkirk Scotland2
13Pembrokeshire Wales1
14Scottish Borders Scotland1
15Herefordshire, County of England1
7 England15 Scotland94 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
116
Peak month
September
Counties with records
18
Group
Flatworms
NBN Atlas records since 2000
116
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Order
Tricladida
Family
Planariidae
Genus
Planaria
Name with authority
Planaria torva (O.F.Müller, 1773)
Described
1773

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2094577 · GBIF 5233371