Ascidia 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: Southeast Atlantic, Indo-Pacific and the Antarctic.
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Table 1: Present in 12 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Antarctica Antarctica ATA native 1756
Oceania Australia AUS native 1134
Subantarctica Crozet Is. CRZ native 87398
Subantarctica Heard McDon Is. HMD native 1134
Subantarctica Kerguelen Is. KGN native 1134
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 2588
Subantarctica Prince Edward Is PEI native 87398
Subantarctica S. Georg. Sandw. SGS native 3435
Africa South Africa ZAF native 1756
Antarctica South Orkney Is. SOI native 3435
Antarctica South Shetland SSI native 1753
Antarctica Terre Adélie TAD Native 87647

Table 4: Reported from 12 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Antarctica Antarctica ATA native 1756
Oceania Australia AUS native 1134
Subantarctica Crozet Is. CRZ native 87398
Subantarctica Heard McDon Is. HMD native 1134
Subantarctica Kerguelen Is. KGN native 1134
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 2588
Subantarctica Prince Edward Is PEI native 87398
Subantarctica S. Georg. Sandw. SGS native 3435
Africa South Africa ZAF native 1756
Antarctica South Orkney Is. SOI native 3435
Antarctica South Shetland SSI native 1753
Antarctica Terre Adélie TAD Native 87647
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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