Where Laminaria ochroleuca has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Laminaria ochroleuca, mapped and tabulated by country.
2,477 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Laminaria ochroleuca through GBIF, from 11 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
- 2,477
- Countries / areas
- 11
- Mapped locations
- 57
- Records sampled for the map
- 2,477
- Inland records omitted
- 54
- Gbif taxonkey
- 5422378
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 935 records; Portugal — 876 records; Spain — 213 records; France — 192 records; Guernsey — 98 records; Morocco — 74 records; Jersey — 69 records; Algeria — 10 records; Ireland — 8 records; Italy — 1 records; Russian Federation — 1 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5422378) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5422378&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
European waters (ERMS scope); Mediterranean Sea; Azores Exclusive Economic Zone; Saharan Upwelling; South European Atlantic Shelf; Temperate Southern Africa; South Atlantic; Celtic Seas; Temperate Northern Atlantic; Azores Canaries Madeira.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145728 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 2,477 of the 2,477 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 11 of the 11 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
54 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 5422378) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5422378&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145728 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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