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GBIF occurrence records for Henricia sanguinolenta, 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
4,260 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Henricia sanguinolenta through GBIF, from 29 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
- 4,260
- Mapped locations
- 445
- Inland records omitted
- 66
- Gbif taxonkey
- 5187337
Facts from the source article.
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 1,454 records; Canada — 1,211 records; United States of America — 757 records; Norway — 461 records; Isle of Man — 134 records; France — 75 records; Sweden — 31 records; Ireland — 26 records; Denmark — 20 records; Russian Federation — 14 records; Iceland — 11 records; Korea, Republic of — 11 records; Greenland — 9 records; Saint Pierre and Miquelon — 8 records; Madagascar — 7 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5187337) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5187337&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
North West Atlantic; Calais; West Coast of England; French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part]; West Coast of Norway; Scotland; United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean; Trondheim; Sargasso Sea; British Isles; Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone; North Sea; Northumberland; Shetlands; Hebrides; Faeroe Exclusive Economic Zone; Iceland; Spitsbergen; Kola Bay; Boreal Arctic; Cape Hatteras; Orkney; North West Scotland; Danish Exclusive Economic Zone; Faroe Islands; East Coast of United States of America; Wimereux; Kattegat; Cobscook Bay; Irish Exclusive economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123974 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 4,260 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 15 of the 29 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 35 records in total (Greenland, Madagascar, Faroe Islands, Germany, New Caledonia, Viet Nam, Åland Islands, Congo, Democratic Republic of the).
66 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 5187337) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5187337&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123974 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.
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