Table 3. The number of ornamental polychaetes sold in the UK and Germany each month.

	% of marine stores stocking polychaetes	Coco worms			Fan worms
		Stocked stores	Range of worm sales per month	Mean number sold per month	Stocked stores	Range of worm sales per month	Mean number sold per month
Scotland (3)	100	1	30	30	2	40–100	70
Wales (10)	90	2	1–12	7	9	2–48	11
North (9)	56	1	3	3	4	3–10	7
Midlands (9)	79	2	2–4	3	7	4–50	14
South (20)	90	7	1–12	5	18	3–30	13
UK Mean (42)				10			23
Germany	50	16	1–10	3	19	1–70	10

The estimated range and mean number of coco worms and fan worms sold on a monthly basis in stores participating in the retail telephone survey across the UK; Scotland, Wales and the north, midlands and south of England and Germany. The percentage of retailers selling marine stock is present in brackets next to the corresponding region.