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Sphaerosyllis taylori

5,192Records since 2000
MayPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan89
Feb298
Mar513
Apr627
May851
Jun666
Jul813
Aug431
Sep526
Oct172
Nov89
Dec73

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland56
2Essex England42
3Shetland Islands —37
4Highland Scotland20
5Cornwall England16
6Isle of Wight England14
7Suffolk England12
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland11
9Devon England6
10Isles of Scilly England6
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland5
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland4
13Argyll and Bute Scotland3
14Pembrokeshire Wales2
15Orkney Islands Scotland2
516 England1,828 Scotland217 Wales674 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,192
Peak month
May
Counties with records
20
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,316
Most recorded in
Mid and East Antrim
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Family
Syllidae
Genus
Sphaerosyllis
Name with authority
Sphaerosyllis taylori Perkins, 1981
Described
1981
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2221836 · GBIF 2309958