Where Sailor's eyeball has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Valonia ventricosa, mapped and tabulated by country.
2,891 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Valonia ventricosa through GBIF, from 85 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
- 2,891
- Countries / areas
- 85
- Mapped locations
- 430
- Records sampled for the map
- 2,891
- Inland records omitted
- 83
- Gbif taxonkey
- 5273075
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Puerto Rico — 510 records; United States of America — 398 records; Australia — 193 records; France — 156 records; Mexico — 119 records; Egypt — 117 records; Guadeloupe — 90 records; Martinique — 88 records; Dominican Republic — 84 records; Philippines — 68 records; New Caledonia — 63 records; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) — 57 records; Brazil — 56 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 53 records; Bahamas — 49 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5273075) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5273075&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211680 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 2,891 of the 2,891 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 85 of the 85 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
83 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 5273075) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5273075&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211680 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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