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Red rock worm

Marphysa sanguinea

539Records since 2000
JunePeak month
6Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb21
Mar46
Apr40
May47
Jun155
Jul69
Aug57
Sep57
Oct16
Nov14
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England20
2Isle of Wight England10
3Plymouth England7
4Suffolk England4
5Cornwall England1
6Devon England1
102 England23 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
539
Peak month
June
Counties with records
6
Scientific name
Marphysa sanguinea
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
123
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Eunicida
Family
Eunicidae
Genus
Marphysa
Name with authority
Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1813)
Described
1813
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2275982 · GBIF 2322248