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Worm Weed

Dumontia contorta

1,284Records since 2000
MayPeak month
34Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb3
Mar62
Apr270
May370
Jun240
Jul111
Aug80
Sep67
Oct9
Nov1
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ceredigion Wales220
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland73
3Cornwall England38
4Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland32
5Orkney Islands Scotland29
6Pembrokeshire Wales27
7Gwynedd Wales21
8Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland21
9Scottish Borders Scotland20
10Devon England19
11Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland15
12Isle of Anglesey Wales13
13North Yorkshire England10
14East Riding of Yorkshire England8
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland8
235 England80 Scotland542 Wales329 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,284
Peak month
May
Counties with records
34
Scientific name
Dumontia contorta
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,258
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Gigartinales
Family
Dumontiaceae
Genus
Dumontia
Name with authority
Dumontia contorta (S.G.Gmelin) Ruprecht
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q22285000 · GBIF 5279349