Where Northern basket star has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Gorgonocephalus arcticus, mapped and tabulated by country.
3,609 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Gorgonocephalus arcticus through GBIF, from 10 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
- 3,609
- Countries / areas
- 10
- Mapped locations
- 453
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 24
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2278426
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Canada — 3,265 records; Russian Federation — 205 records; United States of America — 82 records; Svalbard and Jan Mayen — 22 records; Saint Pierre and Miquelon — 8 records; Greenland — 7 records; Norway — 6 records; Portugal — 4 records; Faroe Islands — 1 records; Italy — 1 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2278426) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2278426&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; Cobscook Bay; Gulf of Maine; Gulf of Mexico; Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Arctic part]; Davis Strait; Hudson Strait; FAO fishing area 18; FAO fishing area 21; St. Lawrence Estuary; Saguenay Fjord; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part].
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124966 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 3,609 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 9 of the 10 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 1 records in total (Faroe Islands).
24 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 2278426) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2278426&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124966 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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