Where Wrinkled sea star has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Pteraster militaris, mapped and tabulated by country.
Distribution map plotted from GBIF.org occurrence records; basemap Natural Earth 110m · GBIF records CC0 / CC BY; Natural Earth public domain
4,035 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Pteraster militaris through GBIF, from 16 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
- 4,035
- Countries / areas
- 16
- Mapped locations
- 173
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 29
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2270788
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Canada — 3,641 records; Russian Federation — 118 records; Norway — 114 records; United States of America — 90 records; Svalbard and Jan Mayen — 21 records; Greenland — 16 records; Sweden — 9 records; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 5 records; Mexico — 3 records; Congo, Democratic Republic of the — 2 records; Japan — 2 records; Antarctica — 1 records; Spain — 1 records; Faroe Islands — 1 records; France — 1 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2270788) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2270788&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
European waters (ERMS scope); North West Atlantic; United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean; Trondheim; North American Basin; West European Basin; Circumboreal; Sweden; Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone; Greenland; Spitsbergen; Kola Bay; Barents Sea; White Sea; Cape Cod; Northern North Pacific; Arctic Ocean; Newfoundland Basin; Kattegat; Rockall Trough; Cobscook Bay; Gulf of Maine; Gulf of Mexico; Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Arctic part]; Davis Strait; Hudson Strait; FAO fishing area 18; FAO fishing area 21; Saguenay Fjord; Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124147 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 4,035 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 8 of the 16 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 16 records in total (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mexico, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Japan, Antarctica, Spain, Faroe Islands, Korea, Republic of).
29 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 2270788) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2270788&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124147 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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