Where Tangle has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Laminaria digitata, mapped and tabulated by country.
23,478 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Laminaria digitata through GBIF, from 27 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
- 23,478
- Countries / areas
- 27
- Mapped locations
- 160
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 176
- Gbif taxonkey
- 5422479
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 7,761 records; Sweden — 4,285 records; France — 2,469 records; Canada — 2,180 records; Norway — 1,975 records; Ireland — 1,413 records; United States of America — 1,188 records; Denmark — 1,007 records; Isle of Man — 220 records; Iceland — 206 records; Faroe Islands — 198 records; Spain — 159 records; Netherlands — 134 records; Germany — 103 records; Jersey — 38 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5422479) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5422479&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; Cap Gris Nez; Pointe aux Oies (point); Pointe du Nid de Corbet; Boulogne, Digue du Nord; De Panne; Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone; Wimereux; Gulf of Maine; Oostduinkerke; Oostende; Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone; Irish Exclusive economic Zone; Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone; Faroe Plateau; Celtic Seas; Saharan Upwelling; South European Atlantic Shelf; South and West Iceland; Azores Canaries Madeira; North Sea; Temperate Northern Atlantic; Northern Norway and Finnmark; Baltic Sea; Black Sea; Arctic.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145724 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 23,478 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 20 of the 27 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 37 records in total (Guernsey, Greenland, Australia, Belgium, India, Korea, Republic of, South Africa).
176 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 5422479) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5422479&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145724 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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