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Polydora mud worm

Polydora cornuta

675Records since 2000
JunePeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan49
Feb5
Mar58
Apr85
May45
Jun140
Jul25
Aug54
Sep107
Oct18
Nov22
Dec63

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Anglesey Wales81
2Pembrokeshire Wales58
3Essex England13
4Gwynedd Wales12
5East Riding of Yorkshire England9
6Suffolk England8
7Kent England8
8Cumbria England8
9Belfast Northern Ireland8
10Cornwall England7
11Medway England4
12Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland3
13Redcar and Cleveland England3
14Devon England2
15Thurrock England2
138 England3 Scotland228 Wales94 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
675
Peak month
June
Counties with records
19
Scientific name
Polydora cornuta
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
499
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Spionidae
Genus
Polydora
Name with authority
Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802
Described
1802
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2834905 · GBIF 5197747