Where Whitespotted hermit has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Dardanus megistos, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,587 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Dardanus megistos through GBIF, from 48 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
- 1,587
- Countries / areas
- 48
- Mapped locations
- 353
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,587
- Inland records omitted
- 73
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2224426
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 380 records; Indonesia — 212 records; Philippines — 148 records; New Caledonia — 107 records; French Polynesia — 62 records; Maldives — 45 records; Thailand — 45 records; Tanzania, United Republic of — 45 records; Chinese Taipei — 42 records; Malaysia — 34 records; Japan — 33 records; Madagascar — 33 records; Vanuatu — 33 records; Kenya — 29 records; Papua New Guinea — 29 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2224426) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2224426&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Madagascar; Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone; Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Natal; South Mozambique; West Pacific; Mayotte Disputed area: France / Comoros; New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone; Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone; French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone; Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone; Malacca Strait; Halmahera; Maldives.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208700 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,587 of the 1,587 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 48 of the 48 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
73 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 2224426) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2224426&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208700 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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