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Red-spotted horseshoe

Protula tubularia

792Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan36
Feb41
Mar15
Apr34
May54
Jun69
Jul117
Aug135
Sep152
Oct89
Nov9
Dec21

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland25
2Argyll and Bute Scotland23
3Dorset England3
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland2
5Devon England1
6Isle of Anglesey Wales1
7Orkney Islands Scotland1
8Plymouth England1
9Torbay England1
374 England322 Scotland25 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
792
Peak month
September
Counties with records
9
Scientific name
Protula tubularia
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
751
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Sabellida
Family
Serpulidae
Genus
Protula
Name with authority
Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803)
Described
1803
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q531987 · GBIF 2328063