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Polycelis nigra

247Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
31Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb5
Mar23
Apr47
May37
Jun9
Jul14
Aug16
Sep44
Oct34
Nov13
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales41
2Denbighshire Wales25
3Monmouthshire Wales23
4Isle of Anglesey Wales21
5Wrexham Wales15
6Conwy Wales12
7Dorset England10
8Carmarthenshire Wales10
9Pembrokeshire Wales9
10Powys Wales6
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland6
12Nottinghamshire England5
13Ceredigion Wales4
14Falkirk Scotland4
15Cambridgeshire England3
38 England17 Scotland191 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 31 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
247
Peak month
April
Counties with records
31
Group
Flatworms
NBN Atlas records since 2000
157
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Order
Tricladida
Family
Planariidae
Genus
Polycelis
Name with authority
Polycelis nigra (Müller, 1774)
Described
1774

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1906252 · GBIF 2502886