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Red Ribbon Worm

Tubulanus polymorphus

5,974Records since 2000
JunePeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan225
Feb327
Mar669
Apr888
May803
Jun1,013
Jul659
Aug479
Sep365
Oct294
Nov107
Dec104

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland45
2Shetland Islands —25
3Argyll and Bute Scotland20
4Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland8
5Devon England4
6Pembrokeshire Wales4
7Isle of Anglesey Wales4
8Cornwall England2
9Ceredigion Wales2
10Conwy Wales2
11Redcar and Cleveland England2
12Gwynedd Wales1
281 England2,924 Scotland529 Wales163 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
5,974
Peak month
June
Counties with records
12
Scientific name
Tubulanus polymorphus
Group
Other invertebrates
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,940
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Nemertea
Class
Palaeonemertea
Family
Tubulanidae
Genus
Tubulanus
Name with authority
Tubulanus polymorphus Renier, 1804
Described
1804
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2610116 · GBIF 2508124