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Ross Worm

Sabellaria spinulosa

12,869Records since 2000
JunePeak month
23Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan473
Feb411
Mar568
Apr553
May1,544
Jun2,235
Jul1,381
Aug1,793
Sep2,204
Oct569
Nov670
Dec124

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland25
2Essex England17
3Ceredigion Wales15
4Cornwall England11
5Pembrokeshire Wales9
6Suffolk England7
7East Riding of Yorkshire England7
8Dorset England6
9Aberdeenshire Scotland6
10Ards and North Down Northern Ireland6
11Cumbria England5
12Gwynedd Wales4
13Kent England3
14Devon England3
15Isle of Anglesey Wales3
5,032 England102 Scotland774 Wales407 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
12,869
Peak month
June
Counties with records
23
Scientific name
Sabellaria spinulosa
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,411
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Sabellida
Family
Sabellariidae
Genus
Sabellaria
Name with authority
Sabellaria spinulosa (Leuckart, 1849)
Described
1849
Contributing datasets
59

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2484178 · GBIF 5199282