#4884 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Paarse kokerworm
Bispira polyomma
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Zeelandbrug, Zierikzee, Netherlands
📍 Tholen, Nederland
📍 Goes, NL-ZE, NL
📍 Veerse Meer, Zeeland, NL
📍 4511 Breskens, Nederland
📍 Zeelandbrug, Zierikzee, Netherlands
📍 Oosterschelde, Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Zeelandbrug, Zierikzee, Netherlands:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Tholen, Nederland:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Goes, NL-ZE, NL:© Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Veerse Meer, Zeeland, NL:© joleenz · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 4511 Breskens, Nederland:© purperlibel · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Zeelandbrug, Zierikzee, Netherlands:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Oosterschelde, Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 31 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #38 most seen of the jellyfish, starfish, worms & co in NL.
- 76 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Paarse kokerworm
- scientific name
- Bispira polyomma
- class
- Polychaeta
- order
- Sabellida
- family
- Sabellidae
- sightings in NL
- 31
- sightings in Europe
- 65
- sightings worldwide
- 76
- GBIF records in NL
- 103
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Sabellidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 560511, Wikidata Q61618129, GBIF 7577557. Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.