Where Keyhole sand dollar has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Mellita quinquiesperforata, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,867 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Mellita quinquiesperforata 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
- 1,867
- Countries / areas
- 27
- Mapped locations
- 139
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,867
- Inland records omitted
- 147
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2279048
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 891 records; Brazil — 491 records; Mexico — 201 records; Panama — 83 records; Puerto Rico — 43 records; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) — 41 records; Costa Rica — 40 records; Colombia — 29 records; Trinidad and Tobago — 13 records; Ecuador — 7 records; Saint Barthélemy — 3 records; Jamaica — 3 records; Belgium — 2 records; Bahamas — 2 records; Cuba — 2 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2279048) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2279048&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
North West Atlantic; Gulf of Mexico; Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone; Caribbean Sea; Panamanian part of the Caribbean Sea; Costa Rican part of the Caribbean Sea; Colombian part of the Caribbean Sea; Puerto Rican Exclusive Economic Zone; Nicaraguan part of the Caribbean Sea; Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone; Dominican Republic Exclusive Economic Zone; Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone; Honduras; Venezuelan part of the Caribbean Sea; Honduran part of the Caribbean Sea.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158065 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,867 of the 1,867 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 27 of the 27 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
147 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 2279048) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2279048&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158065 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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