Where Celestial phyllidia has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Phyllidia coelestis, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,752 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Phyllidia coelestis through GBIF, from 45 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
- 1,752
- Countries / areas
- 45
- Mapped locations
- 293
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,752
- Inland records omitted
- 56
- Gbif taxonkey
- 4359792
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 2026-09-23.
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 2026-09-23.
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 2026-09-23.
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