Where Vesicular sea slug has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Phyllidiella pustulosa, 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
3,523 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Phyllidiella pustulosa through GBIF, from 56 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
- 3,523
- Countries / areas
- 56
- Mapped locations
- 324
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 85
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2291741
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Indonesia — 824 records; United States of America — 587 records; Australia — 527 records; Philippines — 249 records; Japan — 189 records; New Caledonia — 156 records; Malaysia — 108 records; Thailand — 86 records; Chinese Taipei — 75 records; Papua New Guinea — 59 records; Singapore — 58 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 49 records; Palau — 45 records; Egypt — 44 records; Fiji — 42 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2291741) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2291741&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone; Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536574 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 3,523 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 47 of the 56 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 25 records in total (Tonga, Mayotte, Madagascar, Seychelles, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island, Comoros, Nauru).
85 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 2291741) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2291741&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536574 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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