Polyacanthonotus challengeri was reported from 12 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 12 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: North Pacific: Japan, Bering Sea and British Columbia, Canada (Ref. 6885), also south to Oregon, USA (Ref. 35578). South Pacific: known form one specimen collected near New Zealand. Southeast Atlantic: South Africa. Southern Ocean: known from one specimen collected near the Kerguelen Islands. Mainly antitropical (Ref. 5165) but reported from Azores, Canary Islands and Morocco (Ref. 6728).
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Table 1: Present in 12 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
North America Alaska ALK native 6876
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 6728
North America Canada CAN native 11980
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 6728
Europe France FRA native 116450
Europe Ireland IRL native 40643
Asia Japan JPN native 6885
Subantarctica Kerguelen Is. KGN native 45488
Africa Morocco MAR native 40643
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5165
North America USA USA native 35578

Table 4: Reported from 12 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
North America Alaska ALK native 6876
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 6728
North America Canada CAN native 11980
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 6728
Europe France FRA native 116450
Europe Ireland IRL native 40643
Asia Japan JPN native 6885
Subantarctica Kerguelen Is. KGN native 45488
Africa Morocco MAR native 40643
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5165
North America USA USA native 35578

The map in this page was supported by BioFresh that has received funding from the
European Union's Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 226874

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