What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Peanut worm been recorded?

Golfingia margaritacea occurrence evidence comes from 491 records in 14 countries and territories, from 1885 to 2024. Most records come from Antarctica.

SipunculideaGolfingiiformesGolfingiidaeGolfingia

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

491 records across 14 countries and territories, 1885–2024.

Golfingia margaritacea · GBIF taxon key 2509754

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-21. 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.

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.

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When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

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

18852024

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

Where Peanut worm has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Peanut worm. 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
Antarctica 248
United States 89
South Georgia 56
Sweden 28
Argentina 19
Falkland Islands 13
Canada 6
Chile 5
New Zealand 5
Russia 5
Japan 4
Australia 2
United Kingdom 2
Greenland 2
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.