Where Small hermit crab has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Diogenes pugilator, mapped and tabulated by country.
55,448 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Diogenes pugilator through GBIF, from 34 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
- 55,448
- Countries / areas
- 34
- Mapped locations
- 51
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 81
- Gbif taxonkey
- 5716791
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Netherlands — 47,072 records; Portugal — 2,228 records; Belgium — 1,441 records; France — 1,390 records; Israel — 1,229 records; Spain — 1,176 records; Germany — 252 records; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 208 records; Ukraine — 95 records; Italy — 68 records; Greece — 67 records; Lebanon — 34 records; Ireland — 27 records; Georgia — 18 records; Romania — 18 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5716791) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5716791&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
European waters (ERMS scope); Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone; South Coast of England; West Coast of England; Red Sea; Wimereux; Mediterranean Sea; Black Sea; East Atlantic; North Sea; Angolan Exclusive Economic Zone; Singapore; East Mediterranean; South East Atlantic; Sahara Coast; Dakar; Annobon; United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone; Georgian Exclusive Economic Zone; Romanian Exclusive economic Zone; Russian part of the Black Sea; Belgian Coast; Oostduinkerke; Zeebrugge; Greek Exclusive Economic Zone; Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; English Channel; Bay of Biscay; Celtic Sea; Balear Sea.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107199 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 55,448 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 14 of the 34 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 333 records in total (Ukraine, Greece, Lebanon, Georgia, Romania, Egypt, Western Sahara, Croatia).
81 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 5716791) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5716791&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107199 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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