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Psamathe fusca

2,143Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan14
Feb69
Mar191
Apr264
May209
Jun262
Jul359
Aug299
Sep277
Oct56
Nov68
Dec42

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland15
2Ceredigion Wales14
3Cornwall England9
4Plymouth England8
5Devon England5
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland5
7Isles of Scilly England4
8Suffolk England2
9Essex England2
10Shetland Islands —2
11Swansea Wales2
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
13City of Edinburgh Scotland1
14Pembrokeshire Wales1
15Fife Scotland1
255 England300 Scotland67 Wales190 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,143
Peak month
July
Counties with records
17
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
878
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Family
Hesionidae
Genus
Psamathe
Name with authority
Psamathe fusca Johnston, 1836
Described
1836
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q45886632 · GBIF 5194168