Where Panamic cushion sea star has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Pentaceraster cumingi, mapped and tabulated by country.
2,402 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Pentaceraster cumingi through GBIF, from 10 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
- 2,402
- Countries / areas
- 10
- Mapped locations
- 88
- Records sampled for the map
- 2,402
- Inland records omitted
- 38
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2272865
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Ecuador — 1,335 records; Mexico — 736 records; Costa Rica — 124 records; United States of America — 116 records; Panama — 68 records; Colombia — 15 records; Nicaragua — 3 records; Egypt — 2 records; El Salvador — 2 records; Korea, Republic of — 1 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2272865) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2272865&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean; Costa Rican part of the North Pacific Ocean; Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370899 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 2,402 of the 2,402 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 10 of the 10 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
38 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 2272865) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2272865&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370899 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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