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Shore Feather Duster Worm

Branchiomma bombyx

1,044Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
8Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan15
Feb42
Mar64
Apr75
May117
Jun75
Jul117
Aug264
Sep128
Oct65
Nov32
Dec18

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England11
2Highland Scotland7
3Pembrokeshire Wales4
4Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland4
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland3
6Dorset England1
7Argyll and Bute Scotland1
8Isle of Anglesey Wales1
117 England155 Scotland90 Wales137 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,044
Peak month
August
Counties with records
8
Scientific name
Branchiomma bombyx
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
509
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Sabellida
Family
Sabellidae
Genus
Branchiomma
Name with authority
Branchiomma bombyx (Dalyell, 1853)
Described
1853
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9817665