Where North Atlantic octopus has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Bathypolypus arcticus, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,119 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Bathypolypus arcticus through GBIF, from 13 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
- 1,119
- Countries / areas
- 13
- Mapped locations
- 293
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,119
- Inland records omitted
- 24
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2289309
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 713 records; Canada — 190 records; Sweden — 106 records; Norway — 40 records; Svalbard and Jan Mayen — 34 records; Greenland — 11 records; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 5 records; Saint Pierre and Miquelon — 5 records; Spain — 2 records; Bahamas — 1 records; Cuba — 1 records; Iceland — 1 records; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) — 1 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2289309) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2289309&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
European waters (ERMS scope); North West Atlantic; Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone; North Atlantic; Arctic Ocean; Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Arctic part]; Davis Strait; Hudson Strait; FAO fishing area 18; FAO fishing area 21; Swedish part of the Skagerrak.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140596 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,119 of the 1,119 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 13 of the 13 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
24 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 2289309) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2289309&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140596 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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