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Sphaerosyllis bulbosa

2,526Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan90
Feb76
Mar181
Apr300
May233
Jun178
Jul338
Aug376
Sep384
Oct115
Nov143
Dec57

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland11
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland6
3Suffolk England5
4Highland Scotland5
5Pembrokeshire Wales2
6Shetland Islands —2
7Isle of Wight England2
8Devon England1
9Plymouth England1
309 England357 Scotland133 Wales204 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
2,526
Peak month
September
Counties with records
9
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,048
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Family
Syllidae
Genus
Sphaerosyllis
Name with authority
Sphaerosyllis bulbosa Southern, 1914
Described
1914
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2101404 · GBIF 2310000