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Strawberry worm

Eupolymnia nebulosa

1,407Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan20
Feb62
Mar133
Apr161
May185
Jun165
Jul211
Aug185
Sep126
Oct85
Nov48
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland54
2Argyll and Bute Scotland36
3Highland Scotland28
4Torbay England20
5Cornwall England17
6Pembrokeshire Wales16
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland11
8Shetland Islands —9
9Plymouth England6
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland4
11Dorset England3
12Norfolk England2
13Suffolk England2
14Isle of Anglesey Wales2
15Orkney Islands Scotland2
275 England473 Scotland123 Wales201 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,407
Peak month
July
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Eupolymnia nebulosa
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,138
Most recorded in
Ards and North Down
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Terebellidae
Genus
Eupolymnia
Name with authority
Eupolymnia nebulosa (Montagu, 1819)
Described
1819
Contributing datasets
44

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3019351 · GBIF 2324794