Desmodema polystictum was reported from 32 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 32 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 0 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 0 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Western Pacific: Japan, Taiwan (Ref. 5193), Philippines, Australia, New Zealand (Ref. 5755). Eastern Atlantic: 16°11'N (ISH unpublished) to Namibia (Ref. 4506) and South Africa (one specimen washed ashore at Xora River and 1 found in the tide pool at Simonstown, False Bay). Western Atlantic: Florida, USA and Cuba (Ref. 7251). Northern Indian Ocean: 2 records from Pakistan and India (Ref. 93850; Ref. 93851). Probably circumtropical.
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Table 1: Present in 32 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Angola AGO native 4506
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Africa Benin BEN native 4506
South America Brazil BRA native 47377
Africa Cameroon CMR native 4506
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 5193
Africa Congo COG native 4506
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 4506
North America Cuba CUB native 54206
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 4506
Africa Gabon GAB native 4506
Africa Gambia GMB native 4506
Africa Ghana GHA native 4506
Africa Guinea GIN native 4506
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 4506
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
Asia India IND native 93851
Asia Indonesia IDN native 5978
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 4506
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Liberia LBR native 4506
Africa Namibia NAM native 4506
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
Africa Nigeria NGA native 4506
Asia Pakistan PAK native 93850
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6993
Asia Philippines PHL native 2713
Africa Senegal SEN native 4506
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 4506
Africa South Africa ZAF native 2713
Africa Togo TGO native 4506
North America USA USA native 7251

Table 4: Reported from 32 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Angola AGO native 4506
Oceania Australia AUS native 75154
Africa Benin BEN native 4506
South America Brazil BRA native 47377
Africa Cameroon CMR native 4506
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 5193
Africa Congo COG native 4506
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 4506
North America Cuba CUB native 54206
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 4506
Africa Gabon GAB native 4506
Africa Gambia GMB native 4506
Africa Ghana GHA native 4506
Africa Guinea GIN native 4506
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 4506
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 58302
Asia India IND native 93851
Asia Indonesia IDN native 5978
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 4506
Asia Japan JPN native 559
Africa Liberia LBR native 4506
Africa Namibia NAM native 4506
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
Africa Nigeria NGA native 4506
Asia Pakistan PAK native 93850
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 6993
Asia Philippines PHL native 2713
Africa Senegal SEN native 4506
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 4506
Africa South Africa ZAF native 2713
Africa Togo TGO native 4506
North America USA USA native 7251
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