Where Horned wrack has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Fucus ceranoides, mapped and tabulated by country.
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Distribution map plotted from GBIF.org occurrence records; basemap Natural Earth 110m · GBIF records CC0 / CC BY; Natural Earth public domain
3,286 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Fucus ceranoides through GBIF, from 21 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.
Quick Facts
- Georeferenced records
- 3,286
- Mapped locations
- 94
- Inland records omitted
- 159
- Gbif taxonkey
- 3196291
Facts from the source article.
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 1,290 records; United States of America — 1,195 records; Ireland — 275 records; France — 112 records; Spain — 110 records; Norway — 90 records; Netherlands — 63 records; Portugal — 57 records; Iceland — 25 records; Germany — 23 records; Isle of Man — 20 records; Morocco — 6 records; Canada — 5 records; Denmark — 3 records; Jersey — 3 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 3196291) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=3196291&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
European waters (ERMS scope); Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone; Irish Exclusive economic Zone; Temperate Northern Atlantic; Northern Norway and Finnmark; South and West Iceland; Celtic Seas; South European Atlantic Shelf; North Sea; Southern Norway; Faroe Plateau.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145542 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 3,286 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 16 of the 21 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 11 records in total (Canada, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Italy).
159 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 3196291) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=3196291&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145542 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.
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