Where Daisy brittle star has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Ophiopholis aculeata, 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
27,761 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Ophiopholis aculeata 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.
Quick Facts
- Georeferenced records
- 27,761
- Mapped locations
- 88
- Inland records omitted
- 80
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2276107
Facts from the source article.
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Canada — 18,602 records; Norway — 3,445 records; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 2,041 records; United States of America — 1,209 records; Russian Federation — 832 records; Sweden — 780 records; Svalbard and Jan Mayen — 329 records; Korea, Republic of — 124 records; Denmark — 109 records; Greenland — 78 records; Japan — 62 records; Isle of Man — 32 records; Iceland — 21 records; Ireland — 20 records; Saint Pierre and Miquelon — 19 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2276107) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2276107&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
European waters (ERMS scope); North West Atlantic; North Sea; British Isles; Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone; West Coast of Norway; Scandinavia; Arctic Ocean; North Pacific; German Bight; Cobscook Bay; Gulf of Maine; Irish Exclusive economic Zone; Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Arctic part]; Manicouagan; St. Lawrence Estuary; Saguenay Fjord; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125125 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 27,761 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 10 of the 27 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 275 records in total (Korea, Republic of, Japan, Isle of Man, Ireland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Faroe Islands, France).
80 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 2276107) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2276107&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125125 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.
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