Where Crowned sea urchin has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Centrostephanus coronatus, mapped and tabulated by country.
238,667 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Centrostephanus coronatus through GBIF, from 10 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
- 238,667
- Countries / areas
- 10
- Mapped locations
- 25
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 9
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2279028
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 237,025 records; Ecuador — 972 records; Mexico — 494 records; Colombia — 165 records; Chile — 3 records; France — 3 records; Costa Rica — 2 records; Haiti — 1 records; Nicaragua — 1 records; Panama — 1 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2279028) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2279028&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean; Costa Rican part of the North Pacific Ocean.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513165 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 238,667 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 5 of the 10 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 10 records in total (Chile, France, Costa Rica, Haiti, Panama).
9 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 2279028) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2279028&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513165 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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