Where Green sea palm has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Caulerpa taxifolia, mapped and tabulated by country.
5,175 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Caulerpa taxifolia through GBIF, from 70 countries or marine areas. This page maps those records and lists where they come from. Occurrence records reflect where people have looked as well as where the species lives, so well-surveyed coastlines are over-represented.
- Georeferenced records
- 5,175
- Countries / areas
- 70
- Mapped locations
- 157
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 46
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2643172
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 3,734 records; United States of America — 350 records; New Caledonia — 154 records; Puerto Rico — 113 records; France — 68 records; Indonesia — 59 records; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) — 58 records; India — 57 records; Tanzania, United Republic of — 56 records; French Polynesia — 42 records; Papua New Guinea — 37 records; Kenya — 35 records; Philippines — 26 records; Wallis and Futuna — 26 records; Singapore — 25 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2643172) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2643172&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
European waters (ERMS scope); Mediterranean Sea; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; East Africa; Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone; Aldabra; Madagascar; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Europe; Gulf of Mexico; Atlantic Ocean; Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone; Indian Ocean; Monégasque part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin; Adriatic Sea; Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin; Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; Hawaiian part of the North Pacific Ocean; Australian Exclusive Economic Zone; Oregon; New Zealand; Mediterranean Sea Area; Mexico; United States Exclusive Economic Zone; Colombia; Croatian Exclusive Economic Zone; Egypt; Japan.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144476 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 5,175 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 42 of the 70 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 298 records in total (Puerto Rico, Kenya, Wallis and Futuna, Jamaica, Virgin Islands (U.S.), Maldives, Marshall Islands, South Africa).
46 records plotting inland were omitted: for a marine species those are almost always the holding institution's coordinates rather than a collection site.
Records show where the species has been observed and reported, not a modelled range.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2643172) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2643172&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144476 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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