Saccostrea cuccullata was reported from 63 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 63 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: Indo-Pacific and Eastern Atlantic. Introduced in the Mediterranean.
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Table 1: Present in 63 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Angola AGO native 348
Oceania Australia AUS native 348
Asia Bahrain BHR native 801
Asia Brunei Darsm BRN native 348
Asia Cambodia KHM native 348
Africa Cameroon CMR native 348
Asia China CHN native 348
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 348
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 105915
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 348
Africa Egypt EGY introduced 74657
Oceania Fiji FJI native 348
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 348
Oceania Guam GUM introduced 348
Oceania Hawaii HWI introduced 3356
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 3204
Asia India IND native 3204
Asia Indonesia IDN native 348
Asia Iran IRN native 107728
Asia Iraq IRQ native 114993
Europe Italy ITA introduced 74416
Asia Japan JPN native 348
Africa Kenya KEN native 117447
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 348
Asia Kuwait KWT native 801
Africa Madagascar MDG native 348
Asia Malaysia MYS native 348
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 87883
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 348
Africa Mauritius MUS native 2922
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 348
Asia Myanmar MMR native 348
Oceania Nauru NRU native 348
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 99637
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 348
Oceania Niue NIU native 348
Asia Oman OMN native 117448
Asia Pakistan PAK native 106017
Oceania Palau PLW native 348
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 348
Asia Philippines PHL native 8295
Asia Qatar QAT native 801
Africa Reunion I. REU native 2922
Africa Rodriguez I. ROD native 2922
Oceania Samoa WSM native 348
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 801
Africa Seychelles SYC native 2922
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 348
Africa Somalia SOM native 117461
Africa South Africa ZAF native 348
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 117438
Africa Tanzania TZA native 117458
Asia Thailand THA native 348
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 348
Oceania Tokelau TKL native 348
Oceania Tonga TON native 348
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 87883
Asia Turkey TUR introduced 74657
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 348
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 102838
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 348
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 348
Oceania Wallis Futuna WLF native 348

Table 4: Reported from 63 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Angola AGO native 348
Oceania Australia AUS native 348
Asia Bahrain BHR native 801
Asia Brunei Darsm BRN native 348
Asia Cambodia KHM native 348
Africa Cameroon CMR native 348
Asia China CHN native 348
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 348
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 105915
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 348
Africa Egypt EGY introduced 74657
Oceania Fiji FJI native 348
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 348
Oceania Guam GUM introduced 348
Oceania Hawaii HWI introduced 3356
Asia Hong Kong HKG native 3204
Asia India IND native 3204
Asia Indonesia IDN native 348
Asia Iran IRN native 107728
Asia Iraq IRQ native 114993
Europe Italy ITA introduced 74416
Asia Japan JPN native 348
Africa Kenya KEN native 117447
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 348
Asia Kuwait KWT native 801
Africa Madagascar MDG native 348
Asia Malaysia MYS native 348
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 87883
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 348
Africa Mauritius MUS native 2922
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 348
Asia Myanmar MMR native 348
Oceania Nauru NRU native 348
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 99637
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 348
Oceania Niue NIU native 348
Asia Oman OMN native 117448
Asia Pakistan PAK native 106017
Oceania Palau PLW native 348
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 348
Asia Philippines PHL native 8295
Asia Qatar QAT native 801
Africa Reunion I. REU native 2922
Africa Rodriguez I. ROD native 2922
Oceania Samoa WSM native 348
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 801
Africa Seychelles SYC native 2922
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 348
Africa Somalia SOM native 117461
Africa South Africa ZAF native 348
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 117438
Africa Tanzania TZA native 117458
Asia Thailand THA native 348
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 348
Oceania Tokelau TKL native 348
Oceania Tonga TON native 348
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 87883
Asia Turkey TUR introduced 74657
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 348
Asia United Arab Em. ARE native 102838
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 348
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 348
Oceania Wallis Futuna WLF native 348
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