Where Common sea star has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Archaster typicus, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,352 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Archaster typicus through GBIF, from 28 countries or marine areas. This page maps those records and lists where they come from. Occurrence records reflect where people have looked as well as where the species lives, so well-surveyed coastlines are over-represented.
- Georeferenced records
- 1,352
- Countries / areas
- 28
- Mapped locations
- 170
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,352
- Inland records omitted
- 58
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2271315
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Singapore — 274 records; Philippines — 208 records; Australia — 157 records; New Caledonia — 122 records; Indonesia — 111 records; Hong Kong — 102 records; Fiji — 84 records; Thailand — 72 records; Papua New Guinea — 59 records; Tonga — 25 records; Chinese Taipei — 20 records; Samoa — 18 records; China — 17 records; Vanuatu — 16 records; Malaysia — 14 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2271315) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2271315&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Indo-Pacific; West Indian Ocean; Mascarene Basin; Palau Islands; New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone; Great Barrier Reef.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213119 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,352 of the 1,352 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 28 of the 28 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
58 records plotting inland were omitted: for a marine species those are almost always the holding institution's coordinates rather than a collection site.
Records show where the species has been observed and reported, not a modelled range.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2271315) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2271315&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213119 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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