Where Long legged spider crab has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Macropodia rostrata, mapped and tabulated by country.
9,477 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Macropodia rostrata through GBIF, from 41 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
- 9,477
- Countries / areas
- 41
- Mapped locations
- 225
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 101
- Gbif taxonkey
- 5178697
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 3,578 records; Netherlands — 1,517 records; France — 1,353 records; Belgium — 712 records; Spain — 488 records; Sweden — 456 records; Ireland — 362 records; Germany — 307 records; Norway — 265 records; Denmark — 85 records; Isle of Man — 71 records; Tunisia — 58 records; Italy — 51 records; Greece — 29 records; Portugal — 22 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5178697) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5178697&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
European waters (ERMS scope); North Sea; Baltic sea; Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone; Nieuwpoort; Blankenberge; Oostende; Westerschelde; North Africa; Azores Exclusive Economic Zone; British Isles; Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone; Channel Islands; Danish Exclusive Economic Zone; Knokke-Heist; Hinder Banks; Knokke; Madeira; Mediterranean Sea; Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone; Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone; West Coast of Norway; Oosterschelde; Shetlands; Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone; United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone; Wadden Sea; South Africa (country); Wimereux; De Haan.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107345 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 9,477 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 22 of the 41 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 147 records in total (Tunisia, Greece, Croatia, Morocco, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Egypt).
101 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 5178697) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5178697&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107345 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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