Sargassum oligocystum was reported from 24 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 24 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: Indian Ocean: from the Arabian Sea, including the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea south to Mauritius, east to India; in the Bay of Bengal, south to Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia, including Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Pacific Ocean: from China going to the South China Sea, south to Queensland, Australia, east to the Samoan Archipelago, including New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Republic of Palau.
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Table 1: Present in 24 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 81429
Oceania Australia AUS native 80701
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 81429
Asia China CHN native 80701
Africa Eritrea ERI native 80701
Asia India IND native 80701
Asia Indonesia IDN native 80701
Asia Japan JPN native 80701
Africa Kenya KEN native 80701
Asia Kuwait KWT native 81429
Asia Malaysia MYS native 80701
Africa Mauritius MUS native 80701
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 80701
Oceania Palau PLW native 81397
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 81395
Asia Philippines PHL native 80701
Asia Qatar QAT native 81429
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 81429
Asia Singapore SGP native 80701
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 81455
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 81429
Africa Tanzania TZA native 80701
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 80701
Asia Yemen YEM native 81429

Table 4: Reported from 24 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 81429
Oceania Australia AUS native 80701
Asia Bangladesh BGD native 81429
Asia China CHN native 80701
Africa Eritrea ERI native 80701
Asia India IND native 80701
Asia Indonesia IDN native 80701
Asia Japan JPN native 80701
Africa Kenya KEN native 80701
Asia Kuwait KWT native 81429
Asia Malaysia MYS native 80701
Africa Mauritius MUS native 80701
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 80701
Oceania Palau PLW native 81397
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 81395
Asia Philippines PHL native 80701
Asia Qatar QAT native 81429
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 81429
Asia Singapore SGP native 80701
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 81455
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 81429
Africa Tanzania TZA native 80701
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 80701
Asia Yemen YEM native 81429
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