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Sea Mouse

Aphrodita aculeata

4,247Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan88
Feb170
Mar672
Apr228
May180
Jun264
Jul353
Aug883
Sep912
Oct102
Nov70
Dec37

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland30
2Essex England10
3Argyll and Bute Scotland10
4Highland Scotland9
5Devon England8
6Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland7
7Pembrokeshire Wales6
8North Ayrshire Scotland5
9Norfolk England3
10Kent England3
11Aberdeenshire Scotland3
12Isle of Wight England3
13City of Edinburgh Scotland2
14Isle of Anglesey Wales2
15Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland2
263 England675 Scotland81 Wales506 Northern Ireland5 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,247
Peak month
September
Counties with records
22
Scientific name
Aphrodita aculeata
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,646
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Family
Aphroditidae
Genus
Aphrodita
Name with authority
Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
60

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1569834 · GBIF 5194803