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Polychaete

Eumida sanguinea

5,456Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan167
Feb190
Mar542
Apr485
May588
Jun614
Jul800
Aug916
Sep653
Oct125
Nov127
Dec106

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England30
2Suffolk England24
3Shetland Islands —19
4Cornwall England18
5Highland Scotland9
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland8
7Ceredigion Wales6
8Pembrokeshire Wales4
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
10Devon England2
11Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland2
12Cumbria England1
13Orkney Islands Scotland1
14Isles of Scilly England1
504 England782 Scotland172 Wales344 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,456
Peak month
August
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Eumida sanguinea
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,911
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Family
Phyllodocidae
Genus
Eumida
Name with authority
Eumida sanguinea (Örsted, 1843)
Described
1843
Contributing datasets
38

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2802780 · GBIF 2311915