What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Pelagobia longicirrata been recorded?

Pelagobia longicirrata occurrence evidence comes from 531 records in 32 countries and territories, from 1904 to 2023. Most records come from Peru.

PolychaetaPhyllodocidaLopadorrhynchidaePelagobia

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

531 records across 32 countries and territories, 1904–2023.

Pelagobia longicirrata · GBIF taxon key 2316453

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: April.

8 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

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Peak month: April. 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

19042023

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

Where Pelagobia longicirrata has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Pelagobia longicirrata. 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
Peru 82
South Georgia 79
United States 66
Antarctica 55
Mexico 35
Japan 13
Ecuador 8
Chile 7
French Polynesia 6
XZ 5
Colombia 3
Kiribati 3
Panama 3
Tokelau 3
Guam 2
Namibia 2
Puerto Rico 2
Russia 2
United States Minor Outlying Islands 2
Samoa 2
South Africa 2
Afghanistan 1
American Samoa 1
Canada 1
Cook Islands 1
Costa Rica 1
Falkland Islands 1
France 1
Guinea-Bissau 1
Northern Mariana Islands 1
Sierra Leone 1
Tajikistan 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.