What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Atlantic sea cucumber been recorded?

Cucumaria frondosa occurrence evidence comes from 13,310 records in 9 countries and territories, from 1842 to 2024. Most records come from Canada.

HolothuroideaDendrochirotidaCucumariidaeCucumaria

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

13,310 records across 9 countries and territories, 1842–2024.

Cucumaria frondosa · GBIF taxon key 5188240

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

5 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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. 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

18422024

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

Where Atlantic sea cucumber has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Atlantic sea cucumber. 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
Canada 13,012
United States 259
Netherlands 32
Russia 2
United Kingdom 1
Italy 1
Portugal 1
Svalbard and Jan Mayen 1
Türkiye 1
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. 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.