Where Celestial phyllidia has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

Philippines — 381 records; Indonesia — 371 records; Australia — 244 records; Malaysia — 139 records; New Caledonia — 107 records; Japan — 97 records; Papua New Guinea — 64 records; Fiji — 51 records; Thailand — 51 records; Chinese Taipei — 33 records; Vanuatu — 28 records; Solomon Islands — 23 records; Kenya — 20 records; Mayotte — 18 records; Timor-Leste — 15 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 4359792) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4359792&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.

Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record

Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; East Coast of South Africa; Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone.

Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212836 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 1,752 of the 1,752 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 45 of the 45 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.

56 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 4359792) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4359792&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212836 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.