🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Discoconchoecia elegans live?

Discoconchoecia elegans has 4,636 records in 69 countries and territories, from 1887 to 2026. Most records come from Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

AnimaliaArthropodaOstracodaHalocypridaHalocyprididaeDiscoconchoecia

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. 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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Svalbard and Jan Mayen 1,813
Canada 1,008
Spain 148
Antarctica 79
Greenland 75
South Georgia 67
Norway 65
Russia 56
Ireland 42
Iceland 36
Cabo Verde 33
Chile 31
Lebanon 30
United States 27
Australia 26
Bermuda 25
New Zealand 24
Namibia 23
Sweden 22
ZZ 15
Brazil 14
Madagascar 13
Italy 12
Cyprus 9
Greece 9
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8
Tunisia 8
South Africa 8
France 7
Falkland Islands 5
Indonesia 5
Morocco 5
Portugal 5
Guinea-Bissau 4
Seychelles 4
Somalia 4
French Southern Territories 4
Nigeria 3
Philippines 3
American Samoa 2

Showing the top 40 of 69 places.

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.