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White Catworm

Nephtys cirrosa

8,630Records since 2000
JunePeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan221
Feb290
Mar638
Apr845
May949
Jun1,510
Jul1,455
Aug773
Sep837
Oct373
Nov468
Dec100

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland41
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland18
3Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland16
4Highland Scotland12
5Fife Scotland8
6Cumbria England6
7Devon England5
8Pembrokeshire Wales5
9Carmarthenshire Wales5
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland4
11Gwynedd Wales3
12Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland3
13Essex England2
14Suffolk England1
15East Riding of Yorkshire England1
854 England523 Scotland870 Wales418 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,630
Peak month
June
Counties with records
22
Scientific name
Nephtys cirrosa
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,745
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Family
Nephtyidae
Genus
Nephtys
Name with authority
Nephtys cirrosa Ehlers, 1868
Described
1868
Contributing datasets
42

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3118643 · GBIF 2316920