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Sphaerosyllis hystrix

1,466Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
7Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan56
Feb6
Mar77
Apr147
May43
Jun210
Jul152
Aug335
Sep153
Oct57
Nov38
Dec103

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England30
2Isle of Wight England15
3Pembrokeshire Wales6
4Essex England5
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland5
6Cumbria England1
7Argyll and Bute Scotland1
118 England154 Scotland149 Wales85 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,466
Peak month
August
Counties with records
7
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
516
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Family
Syllidae
Genus
Sphaerosyllis
Name with authority
Sphaerosyllis hystrix Claparède, 1863
Described
1863
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2583552 · GBIF 2309953