What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Abatus cordatus been recorded?

Abatus cordatus occurrence evidence comes from 417 records in 2 countries and territories, from 1872 to 2015. Most records come from French Southern Territories.

Abatus cordatus
Abatus cordatus — Photo (display-sized rendition): Kathryn Deneroff · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
EchinoideaSpatangoidaSchizasteridaeAbatus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

417 records across 2 countries and territories, 1872–2015.

Abatus cordatus · GBIF taxon key 5721199

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: March.

3 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18722015

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Abatus cordatus has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Abatus cordatus. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
French Southern Territories 397
Heard & McDonald Islands 20
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records concentrated in part of the year. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.