Where Royale cucumber has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Parastichopus regalis, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,214 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Parastichopus regalis 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
- 1,214
- Countries / areas
- 27
- Mapped locations
- 121
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,214
- Inland records omitted
- 19
- Gbif taxonkey
- 4343270
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Spain — 588 records; Portugal — 469 records; Italy — 26 records; France — 24 records; Angola — 22 records; Greece — 14 records; Croatia — 14 records; Morocco — 8 records; Tunisia — 8 records; Congo — 7 records; Montenegro — 7 records; Mauritania — 5 records; Gabon — 4 records; Western Sahara — 2 records; Thailand — 2 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 4343270) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4343270&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Mauritanian Exclusive Economic Zone; North East Atlantic; Greek Exclusive Economic Zone; Gulf of Mexico; Portuguese part of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149898 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,214 of the 1,214 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.
19 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 4343270) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4343270&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149898 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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