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Sphaerodorum gracilis

2,770Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan67
Feb123
Mar240
Apr177
May287
Jun263
Jul282
Aug548
Sep323
Oct99
Nov48
Dec40

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland30
2Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland24
3Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland7
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland6
5Ceredigion Wales3
6Ards and North Down Northern Ireland2
7Suffolk England1
8Argyll and Bute Scotland1
9Redcar and Cleveland England1
160 England854 Scotland42 Wales361 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
2,770
Peak month
August
Counties with records
9
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,439
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Family
Sphaerodoridae
Genus
Sphaerodorum
Name with authority
Sphaerodorum gracilis (Rathke, 1843)
Described
1843
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1865406 · GBIF 2311386