Where Starry moray has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Echidna nebulosa, mapped and tabulated by country.
3,870 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Echidna nebulosa 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
- 3,870
- Countries / areas
- 65
- Mapped locations
- 349
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 54
- Gbif taxonkey
- 5213106
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 663 records; Indonesia — 442 records; Philippines — 414 records; Australia — 358 records; Chinese Taipei — 170 records; Panama — 142 records; Costa Rica — 134 records; South Africa — 133 records; Mexico — 118 records; French Polynesia — 103 records; Japan — 94 records; Egypt — 82 records; Réunion — 72 records; Fiji — 66 records; Tanzania, United Republic of — 54 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5213106) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5213106&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone; Red Sea; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Comoran Exclusive Economic Zone; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; South Africa (country); Chagos; Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone; Rodrigues; Madagascar.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217469 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 3,870 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 59 of the 65 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 42 records in total (France, Kiribati, French Southern Territories, Nauru, Saudi Arabia, Spain).
54 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 5213106) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5213106&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217469 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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