Where Rose seastar has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Crossaster papposus, 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
37,525 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Crossaster papposus through GBIF, from 28 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
- 37,525
- Countries / areas
- 28
- Mapped locations
- 181
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 92
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2270981
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Canada — 20,591 records; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 13,076 records; United States of America — 965 records; Sweden — 571 records; Isle of Man — 516 records; Ireland — 385 records; Norway — 365 records; Russian Federation — 354 records; France — 310 records; Korea, Republic of — 157 records; Svalbard and Jan Mayen — 62 records; Greenland — 34 records; Guernsey — 22 records; Saint Pierre and Miquelon — 22 records; Denmark — 20 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2270981) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2270981&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; Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone; English Channel; British Isles; Calais; England; French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part]; Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone; United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean; Trondheim; Sargasso Sea; Bay of Biscay; North American Basin; West European Basin; Circumboreal; Sweden; Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone; Iceland; Brittany; Greenland; Barents Sea; Kola Bay; White Sea; Kara Sea; North Pacific; North East Atlantic; Arctic Ocean; Newfoundland Basin; Kattegat.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124154 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 37,525 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 15 of the 28 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 138 records in total (Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Greenland, Japan, Germany, Netherlands, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, New Caledonia, Viet Nam).
92 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 2270981) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2270981&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124154 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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