🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the coastal arrow worm live?

Parasagitta setosa has 20,187 records in 21 countries and territories, from 1910 to 2024. Most records come from Romania.

coastal arrow worm
coastal arrow worm — P.M. Brasser in Slabber, M. (1778) / Public domain · source
AnimaliaChaetognathaSagittoideaAphragmophoraSagittidaeParasagitta

When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. 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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Romania 9,527
Ukraine 4,840
Italy 1,055
United Kingdom 1,051
Russia 1,041
France 573
Georgia 504
Belgium 487
Türkiye 335
Sweden 298
Bulgaria 198
Denmark 109
Germany 75
Canada 35
Netherlands 32
Poland 17
Colombia 2
Norway 2
ZZ 2
Ireland 1
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1

Related animals

Others in the family Sagittidae.

arrow worm
arrow worm
20,719 records
Flaccisagitta enflata
8,504 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.