Where Black sea cucumber has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Holothuria forskali, 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
9,976 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Holothuria forskali through GBIF, from 24 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
- 9,976
- Mapped locations
- 92
- Inland records omitted
- 58
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2279155
Facts from the source article.
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 3,743 records; France — 2,441 records; Ireland — 1,760 records; Spain — 1,294 records; Portugal — 562 records; Croatia — 51 records; Italy — 42 records; Guernsey — 41 records; Tunisia — 13 records; Greece — 11 records; Montenegro — 3 records; Algeria — 2 records; Slovenia — 2 records; Belgium — 1 records; Colombia — 1 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2279155) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2279155&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 9,976 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 12 of the 24 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 56 records in total (Guernsey, Montenegro, Algeria, Slovenia, Belgium, Colombia, Indonesia, Isle of Man).
58 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 2279155) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2279155&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1670329 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.
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