Species Detail - King Ragworm (Alitta virens) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Water Framework Directive (WFD) Benthos Monitoring (Ireland) 2012 - ongoing".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Alitta virens
King Ragworm
NHMSYS0020758425 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
alvir
(M. Sars, 1835)
Annelid
Species
21
4
2
01/10/2014
09/07/2024
17 March (recorded in 2022)
27 November (recorded in 2023)
Marine Institute, Water Framework Directive (WFD) Benthos Monitoring (Ireland) 2012 - ongoing, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, King Ragworm (Alitta virens), accessed 15 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/440/Species/9319

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)