What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Janicella spinicauda been recorded?

Janicella spinicauda occurrence evidence comes from 284 records in 26 countries and territories, from 1886 to 2025. Most records come from Indonesia.

MalacostracaDecapodaOplophoridaeJanicella

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

284 records across 26 countries and territories, 1886–2025.

Janicella spinicauda · GBIF taxon key 2222584

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

10 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: June. 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

18862025

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

Where Janicella spinicauda has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Janicella spinicauda. 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
Indonesia 46
United States 31
Philippines 24
Mexico 17
ZZ 12
Puerto Rico 10
Bahamas 8
Australia 7
Colombia 7
Cuba 7
Turks and Caicos Islands 7
American Samoa 6
Barbados 6
Dominican Republic 6
Jamaica 6
Venezuela 6
US Virgin Islands 6
Bermuda 5
Panama 4
Cayman Islands 3
Trinidad & Tobago 2
South Africa 2
Brazil 1
Canada 1
New Caledonia 1
British Virgin Islands 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.