What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Bischofsmützenseeigel been recorded?

Tripneustes gratilla occurrence evidence comes from 1,064 records in 41 countries and territories, from 1883 to 2026. Most records come from Philippines.

Bischofsmützenseeigel
Bischofsmützenseeigel — Photo (display-sized rendition): Diver vincent · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
EchinoideaCamarodontaToxopneustidaeTripneustes

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,064 records across 41 countries and territories, 1883–2026.

Tripneustes gratilla · GBIF taxon key 4341500

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

12 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: 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.

Records over time

18832026

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

Where Bischofsmützenseeigel has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Bischofsmützenseeigel. 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
Philippines 350
Japan 243
United States 98
Australia 79
Papua New Guinea 44
South Africa 28
Egypt 20
Seychelles 20
Indonesia 19
French Polynesia 17
Solomon Islands 14
Kiribati 13
Chile 12
New Zealand 10
Jordan 9
Madagascar 9
Marshall Islands 9
Palau 7
Kenya 6
Mexico 6
Oman 6
British Indian Ocean Territory 5
Réunion 5
Tanzania 5
Guam 4
Mauritius 4
Costa Rica 3
Maldives 3
Micronesia 2
Mozambique 2
Tonga 2
American Samoa 1
Cook Islands 1
Fiji 1
Comoros 1
New Caledonia 1
PN 1
Taiwan 1
United States Minor Outlying Islands 1
Vietnam 1

Showing the top 40 of 41 places.

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.