🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Sterechinus diadema live?

Sterechinus diadema has 927 records in 11 countries and territories, from 1872 to 2015. Most records come from French Southern Territories.

AnimaliaEchinodermataEchinoideaCamarodontaEchinidaeSterechinus

When it is recorded

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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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
French Southern Territories 413
Antarctica 305
Heard & McDonald Islands 57
Argentina 50
South Georgia 31
South Africa 30
Falkland Islands 19
Uruguay 4
Chile 2
Bouvet Island 1
ZZ 1
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.