🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Bischofsmützenseeigel live?

Tripneustes gratilla has 4,965 records in 65 countries and territories, from 1851 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

AnimaliaEchinodermataEchinoideaCamarodontaToxopneustidaeTripneustes

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. 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
United States 913
Australia 645
Philippines 608
Japan 268
Indonesia 260
Egypt 220
French Polynesia 180
Kenya 162
Cook Islands 149
Fiji 126
Taiwan 115
Papua New Guinea 112
South Africa 108
New Caledonia 103
Tanzania 100
Solomon Islands 74
Madagascar 71
Jordan 57
Mauritius 47
Seychelles 42
Tonga 42
Hong Kong 40
Israel 40
Réunion 40
Vanuatu 38
Chile 35
Mozambique 32
Marshall Islands 25
Oman 23
Kiribati 21
Maldives 20
Palau 19
Malaysia 18
New Zealand 17
Saudi Arabia 15
China 14
ZZ 14
Guam 13
British Indian Ocean Territory 12
Micronesia 10

Showing the top 40 of 65 places.

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.