Where Needle spined urchin has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Centrostephanus longispinus, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,629 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Centrostephanus longispinus through GBIF, from 44 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
- 1,629
- Countries / areas
- 44
- Mapped locations
- 193
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,629
- Inland records omitted
- 29
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2279029
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
France — 991 records; Australia — 160 records; Spain — 111 records; Italy — 78 records; United States of America — 62 records; Portugal — 35 records; Israel — 32 records; Greece — 22 records; Angola — 20 records; Ghana — 10 records; Gabon — 8 records; Nigeria — 8 records; Malta — 7 records; Côte d’Ivoire — 6 records; Mexico — 6 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2279029) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2279029&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
European waters (ERMS scope); Azores Exclusive Economic Zone; Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone; Mediterranean Sea; Naples; Nice; Morocco; Greek Exclusive Economic Zone; Gulf of Mexico; Dominican Republic Exclusive Economic Zone; Caribbean Sea; Mexico; Aegean Sea; Western Mediterranean; Central Mediterranean; Adriatic Sea; Levantine Basin.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124331 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,629 of the 1,629 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 44 of the 44 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
29 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 2279029) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2279029&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124331 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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