About Earthynature of Britain
  1. Home
  2. Species
  3. Spotted Leafworm
Species · Worms (annelids)

Spotted Leafworm

Phyllodoce maculata

1,155Records since 2000
JunePeak month
3Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan22
Feb9
Mar59
Apr63
May65
Jun248
Jul188
Aug201
Sep174
Oct58
Nov13
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Shetland Islands —12
2Highland Scotland9
3Argyll and Bute Scotland1
57 England348 Scotland2 Wales88 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 3 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,155
Peak month
June
Counties with records
3
Scientific name
Phyllodoce maculata
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
544
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Family
Phyllodocidae
Genus
Phyllodoce
Name with authority
Phyllodoce maculata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3654783 · GBIF 5195098