What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Club Worm been recorded?

Notomastus latericeus occurrence evidence comes from 7,460 records in 31 countries and territories, from 1908 to 2026. Most records come from Netherlands.

PolychaetaCapitellidaeNotomastus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

7,460 records across 31 countries and territories, 1908–2026.

Notomastus latericeus · GBIF taxon key 2318104

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: March.

11 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19082026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Club Worm has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Club Worm. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Netherlands 2,792
United States 2,411
Australia 950
Sweden 525
China 398
Belgium 92
United Kingdom 83
South Korea 66
Antarctica 48
Germany 37
Mexico 8
Vietnam 6
Portugal 4
South Georgia 3
Ireland 3
Libya 3
Puerto Rico 3
Hong Kong 2
Kenya 2
Kiribati 2
Côte d'Ivoire 1
Denmark 1
Italy 1
Japan 1
Kuwait 1
Norway 1
Papua New Guinea 1
Philippines 1
Tanzania 1
US Virgin Islands 1
South Africa 1
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.