What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Metridia gerlachei been recorded?

Metridia gerlachei occurrence evidence comes from 161 records in 4 countries and territories, from 1910 to 1966. Most records come from Antarctica.

Metridia gerlachei
Metridia gerlachei — Photo (display-sized rendition): Bonello G, Grillo M, Cecchetto M, Giallain M, Granata A, Guglielmo L, Pane L, Schiaparelli S (2020) Distributional records of Ross Sea (Antarctica) planktic Copepoda from bibliographic data and samples curated at the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA): checklist of species collected in the Ross Sea sector from 1987 to 1995. ZooKeys 969: 1-22. · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
CopepodaCalanoidaMetridinidaeMetridia

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

161 records across 4 countries and territories, 1910–1966.

Metridia gerlachei · GBIF taxon key 2114818

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

9 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

historical 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

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Peak month: January. 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

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

Where Metridia gerlachei has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Metridia gerlachei. 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 138
South Georgia 15
New Zealand 2
Argentina 1

Related animals

Others in the family Metridinidae.

Metridia lucens
926 records
Metridia longa
183 records
Metridia pacifica
125 records
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31 records
Record pattern: historical
Historical records with no recent record in the covered source. 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.