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Tubeworm

Owenia fusiformis

14,497Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2,509
Feb646
Mar1,028
Apr808
May1,563
Jun1,953
Jul1,689
Aug1,242
Sep1,117
Oct586
Nov451
Dec238

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England371
2Highland Scotland40
3Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland36
4Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland28
5Shetland Islands —26
6Ards and North Down Northern Ireland22
7Pembrokeshire Wales17
8Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland7
9Argyll and Bute Scotland6
10Ceredigion Wales5
11Carmarthenshire Wales5
12Cumbria England4
13Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland4
14Isle of Anglesey Wales2
15Orkney Islands Scotland2
2,715 England4,584 Scotland618 Wales815 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
14,497
Peak month
January
Counties with records
17
Scientific name
Owenia fusiformis
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,871
Most recorded in
Cornwall
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Sabellida
Family
Oweniidae
Genus
Owenia
Name with authority
Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844
Described
1844
Contributing datasets
42

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q731666 · GBIF 5199345