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Twelve-scaled Worm

Lepidonotus squamatus

4,887Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan85
Feb148
Mar327
Apr201
May359
Jun526
Jul601
Aug1,143
Sep637
Oct273
Nov206
Dec133

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England27
2Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland11
3Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland10
4Highland Scotland7
5Suffolk England6
6Ards and North Down Northern Ireland4
7Devon England2
8Pembrokeshire Wales2
9East Lothian Scotland2
10Cornwall England1
11Cumbria England1
12Fife Scotland1
13Ceredigion Wales1
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
15Isle of Anglesey Wales1
373 England228 Scotland166 Wales289 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,887
Peak month
August
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Lepidonotus squamatus
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,090
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Family
Polynoidae
Genus
Lepidonotus
Name with authority
Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
46

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2341842 · GBIF 2314259