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Where does the grooved brain coral live?

Diploria labyrinthiformis has 20,468 records in 43 countries and territories, from 1884 to 2026. Most records come from US Virgin Islands.

grooved brain coral
grooved brain coral — unknown / Public domain · source
AnimaliaCnidariaAnthozoaScleractiniaFaviidaeDiploria

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. 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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
US Virgin Islands 6,125
United States 4,503
Colombia 4,202
Puerto Rico 2,586
Bonaire 416
Guadeloupe 285
Mexico 281
Cuba 247
Cayman Islands 245
Panama 221
Belize 215
Bahamas 207
Curaçao 148
Bermuda 95
Trinidad & Tobago 95
Honduras 83
Turks and Caicos Islands 79
Jamaica 70
Martinique 54
Dominican Republic 49
Venezuela 49
British Virgin Islands 31
Costa Rica 28
Sint Maarten 23
Dominica 19
Anguilla 14
Barbados 14
Antigua & Barbuda 11
St Kitts & Nevis 11
Saint Martin 10
Saint Lucia 8
St Vincent & the Grenadines 8
Saint Barthélemy 7
Nicaragua 6
Grenada 5
Haiti 5
ZZ 4
United Kingdom 2
Indonesia 2
Montserrat 2

Showing the top 40 of 43 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.