Where Corky seafinger has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Briareum asbestinum, mapped and tabulated by country.
Distribution map plotted from GBIF.org occurrence records; basemap Natural Earth 110m · GBIF records CC0 / CC BY; Natural Earth public domain
6,496 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Briareum asbestinum through GBIF, from 32 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
- 6,496
- Countries / areas
- 32
- Mapped locations
- 79
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 15
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2261417
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 3,443 records; Puerto Rico — 1,948 records; Colombia — 518 records; Mexico — 102 records; United States of America — 92 records; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba — 81 records; Bahamas — 57 records; Cuba — 33 records; Martinique — 33 records; Belize — 31 records; Cayman Islands — 22 records; Bermuda — 21 records; Panama — 21 records; Guadeloupe — 14 records; Turks and Caicos Islands — 11 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2261417) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2261417&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Gulf of Mexico; Bermuda; Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone; Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289534 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 6,496 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 27 of the 32 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 22 records in total (Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Barbados, Saint Barthélemy, Haiti).
15 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 2261417) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2261417&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289534 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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