What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Horn Coral been recorded?

Caryophyllia ambrosia occurrence evidence comes from 693 records in 53 countries and territories, from 1873 to 2018. Most records come from United States.

AnthozoaScleractiniaCaryophylliidaeCaryophyllia

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

693 records across 53 countries and territories, 1873–2018.

Caryophyllia ambrosia · GBIF taxon key 2259193

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: July.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

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Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Horn Coral has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Horn Coral. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 165
Bahamas 51
Colombia 39
Indonesia 37
New Zealand 37
Venezuela 36
Australia 35
France 28
Portugal 28
Jamaica 22
Mexico 19
Panama 17
Japan 13
Dominica 9
St Kitts & Nevis 9
Trinidad & Tobago 9
Wallis & Futuna 9
Cuba 7
Guadeloupe 7
Suriname 7
Spain 6
Tuvalu 6
Samoa 6
Anguilla 5
Brazil 5
Antigua & Barbuda 4
Angola 4
Bonaire 4
Dominican Republic 4
Guyana 4
Haiti 4
Saint Lucia 4
Morocco 4
Nicaragua 4
St Vincent & the Grenadines 4
Honduras 3
Ireland 3
Philippines 3
ZZ 3
BL 2

Showing the top 40 of 53 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Caryophylliidae.

Conotrochus brunneus
400 records
Bourneotrochus stellulatus
153 records
Caryophyllia abrupta
115 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.