Where Bloody Henry starfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Henricia oculata, mapped and tabulated by country.
7,050 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Henricia oculata through GBIF, from 16 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
- 7,050
- Countries / areas
- 16
- Mapped locations
- 134
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 24
- Gbif taxonkey
- 5187371
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 5,278 records; Ireland — 1,068 records; France — 284 records; Canada — 133 records; Guernsey — 133 records; Isle of Man — 105 records; Norway — 16 records; Jersey — 13 records; United States of America — 9 records; Korea, Republic of — 3 records; Spain — 2 records; Svalbard and Jan Mayen — 2 records; Egypt — 1 records; Greenland — 1 records; Iceland — 1 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5187371) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5187371&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
European waters (ERMS scope); North Sea; South Coast of England; West Coast of England; Irish Sea; British Isles; Shetlands; Scotland; Ireland; Wales; Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone; Atlantic Coast of France; Portuguese Atlantic Coast; Irish Exclusive economic Zone; Azores Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123970 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 7,050 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 12 of the 16 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 5 records in total (Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Greenland, Iceland, Sweden).
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 5187371) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5187371&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123970 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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