Where 'Parasitic' anemone has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Calliactis parasitica, 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
5,790 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Calliactis parasitica through GBIF, from 27 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
- 5,790
- Countries / areas
- 27
- Mapped locations
- 89
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 82
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2257373
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 2,824 records; Jersey — 961 records; France — 920 records; Spain — 552 records; Portugal — 325 records; Italy — 86 records; Greece — 29 records; Ireland — 19 records; Croatia — 16 records; Algeria — 11 records; Morocco — 8 records; Netherlands — 7 records; Germany — 5 records; Slovenia — 5 records; Mexico — 4 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2257373) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2257373&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
European waters (ERMS scope); Mediterranean Sea; Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone; West Coast of England; East North Atlantic; Greek Exclusive Economic Zone; Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone; Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone; United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone; French Exclusive Economic Zone; Slovenian Exclusive Economic Zone; Italian Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100946 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 5,790 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 21 of the 27 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 12 records in total (Mexico, Belgium, Saint Barthélemy, India, Panama, Saudi Arabia).
82 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 2257373) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2257373&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100946 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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