Where Nine-armed sea star has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Luidia senegalensis, 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
1,082 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Luidia senegalensis through GBIF, from 23 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
- 1,082
- Mapped locations
- 66
- Inland records omitted
- 88
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2270672
Facts from the source article.
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 503 records; Brazil — 450 records; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) — 26 records; Colombia — 18 records; Panama — 18 records; French Guiana — 9 records; Guadeloupe — 7 records; Puerto Rico — 7 records; Belize — 5 records; Jamaica — 5 records; Dominican Republic — 4 records; Honduras — 4 records; Trinidad and Tobago — 4 records; Martinique — 3 records; Nicaragua — 3 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2270672) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2270672&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Florida; Guyanas; South Brazil; Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone; Caribbean Sea; Gulf of Mexico; Yucatan; Cape Frio; Nicaraguan part of the Caribbean Sea; Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone; Costa Rican part of the Caribbean Sea; Haitian Exclusive Economic Zone; Honduras; Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone; Puerto Rican Exclusive Economic Zone; Colombian part of the Caribbean Sea; Lesser Antilles; Panamanian part of the Caribbean Sea; Dominican Republic Exclusive Economic Zone; Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone; Roncador Bank; Serrana Bank; Isla de Providencia; San Andres; Eastern Caribbean; Venezuelan part of the Caribbean Sea; Honduran part of the Caribbean Sea; Cayo Alburquerque.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178641 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,082 of the 1,082 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 23 of the 23 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
88 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 2270672) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2270672&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178641 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.
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