Where Giant split-pore sea rod has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Plexaurella nutans, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,456 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Plexaurella nutans through GBIF, from 24 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
- 1,456
- Countries / areas
- 24
- Mapped locations
- 63
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,456
- Inland records omitted
- 8
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2260924
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Puerto Rico — 1,150 records; United States of America — 198 records; Martinique — 20 records; Colombia — 15 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 12 records; Guadeloupe — 11 records; Panama — 10 records; Mexico — 8 records; Cuba — 6 records; Dominica — 4 records; Saint Martin (French part) — 4 records; Saint Barthélemy — 3 records; Bahamas — 2 records; Belize — 2 records; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) — 2 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2260924) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2260924&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Gulf of Mexico; Bermuda; Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290819 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,456 of the 1,456 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 24 of the 24 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
8 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 2260924) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2260924&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290819 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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