Where Lagoon brittle star has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Ophiocoma scolopendrina, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,954 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Ophiocoma scolopendrina through GBIF, from 65 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
- 1,954
- Countries / areas
- 65
- Mapped locations
- 363
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,954
- Inland records omitted
- 72
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2275475
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Chinese Taipei — 239 records; Egypt — 185 records; Philippines — 183 records; Indonesia — 156 records; Australia — 114 records; Fiji — 102 records; Tanzania, United Republic of — 78 records; New Caledonia — 70 records; Japan — 67 records; Kenya — 49 records; Marshall Islands — 48 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 38 records; French Polynesia — 37 records; Seychelles — 35 records; Madagascar — 34 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2275475) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2275475&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Aldabra; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; West Indian Ocean; Mascarene Basin; Eastern Africa & Madagascar; Red Sea; Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone; Comoran Exclusive Economic Zone; South Africa (country); Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Madagascar; Chagos; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Lifou; Libyan part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212378 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,954 of the 1,954 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 65 of the 65 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
72 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 2275475) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2275475&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212378 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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