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Prosphaerosyllis tetralix

1,461Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb29
Mar173
Apr304
May285
Jun196
Jul209
Aug110
Sep76
Oct38
Nov4
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland40
2Essex England19
3Cornwall England18
4Suffolk England15
5Highland Scotland12
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland9
7Devon England8
8Isle of Wight England4
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland3
10Dorset England2
11Pembrokeshire Wales2
12Plymouth England2
276 England175 Scotland97 Wales269 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,461
Peak month
April
Counties with records
12
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
840
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Family
Syllidae
Genus
Prosphaerosyllis
Name with authority
Prosphaerosyllis tetralix (Eliason, 1920)
Described
1920
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3613821 · GBIF 2310976