🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Haloptilus acutifrons live?

Haloptilus acutifrons has 2,098 records in 32 countries and territories, from 1895 to 2023. Most records come from Italy.

AnimaliaArthropodaCopepodaCalanoidaAugaptilidaeHaloptilus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. 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

18952023

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

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Italy 1,233
Portugal 170
Kiribati 83
Australia 72
Japan 55
Canada 42
Lebanon 29
Spain 28
Tokelau 28
Greece 17
New Zealand 12
Russia 12
Chile 11
Mexico 7
Ecuador 4
Tunisia 4
Algeria 3
Greenland 3
Sudan 3
Madagascar 2
Svalbard and Jan Mayen 2
American Samoa 1
Bermuda 1
Brazil 1
Colombia 1
France 1
Iceland 1
Norfolk Island 1
Saudi Arabia 1
Somalia 1
United States 1
Venezuela 1

Related animals

Others in the family Augaptilidae.

Haloptilus longicornis
7,088 records
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.