Where Small sea fan has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Gorgonia mariae, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,011 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Gorgonia mariae through GBIF, from 25 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
- 1,011
- Countries / areas
- 25
- Mapped locations
- 51
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,011
- Inland records omitted
- 9
- Gbif taxonkey
- 5185380
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Puerto Rico — 873 records; Cayman Islands — 21 records; Mexico — 17 records; Martinique — 15 records; Belize — 10 records; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba — 9 records; Panama — 9 records; Honduras — 7 records; Bahamas — 6 records; Guadeloupe — 5 records; Jamaica — 5 records; Saint Martin (French part) — 5 records; Trinidad and Tobago — 5 records; Saint Barthélemy — 4 records; Cuba — 4 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5185380) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5185380&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,011 of the 1,011 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 25 of the 25 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
9 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 5185380) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5185380&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290032 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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