What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Oblong Sea Urchin been recorded?

Echinometra oblonga occurrence evidence comes from 111 records in 14 countries and territories, from 1889 to 2025. Most records come from United States.

EchinoideaCamarodontaEchinometridaeEchinometra

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

111 records across 14 countries and territories, 1889–2025.

Echinometra oblonga · GBIF taxon key 4341554

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: May.

12 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

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: May. 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

18892025

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

Where Oblong Sea Urchin has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Oblong Sea Urchin. 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
United States 38
Tonga 25
Mexico 23
Philippines 5
French Polynesia 4
Cook Islands 3
Costa Rica 3
PN 3
Marshall Islands 2
American Samoa 1
British Indian Ocean Territory 1
Sri Lanka 1
United States Minor Outlying Islands 1
ZZ 1

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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.