Where Pharaoh cuttlefish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Acanthosepion pharaonis, mapped and tabulated by country.
Distribution map plotted from GBIF.org occurrence records; basemap Natural Earth 110m · GBIF records CC0 / CC BY; Natural Earth public domain
2,611 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Acanthosepion pharaonis through GBIF, from 43 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
- 2,611
- Countries / areas
- 43
- Mapped locations
- 288
- Records sampled for the map
- 2,611
- Inland records omitted
- 77
- Gbif taxonkey
- 12186722
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 1,417 records; Mozambique — 458 records; Chinese Taipei — 113 records; Thailand — 94 records; Indonesia — 70 records; Philippines — 58 records; India — 56 records; Egypt — 38 records; United Arab Emirates — 31 records; Oman — 31 records; South Africa — 28 records; Hong Kong — 24 records; China — 22 records; Argentina — 16 records; Kenya — 14 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 12186722) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=12186722&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 2,611 of the 2,611 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 43 of the 43 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
77 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 12186722) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=12186722&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1666972 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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