🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the smooth flower coral live?

Eusmilia fastigiata has 15,283 records in 39 countries and territories, from 1887 to 2026. Most records come from US Virgin Islands.

smooth flower coral
smooth flower coral — Photographer: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Staff / Public domain · source
AnimaliaCnidariaAnthozoaScleractiniaMeandrinidaeEusmilia

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. 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 5,909
United States 4,453
Puerto Rico 2,468
Colombia 1,299
Mexico 286
Bonaire 144
Curaçao 127
Cayman Islands 92
Guadeloupe 61
Martinique 55
Cuba 52
Belize 51
Bahamas 50
Panama 44
Trinidad & Tobago 33
Honduras 23
Jamaica 23
Costa Rica 18
Turks and Caicos Islands 18
Dominican Republic 16
Saint Lucia 10
Dominica 9
Barbados 8
Venezuela 7
Saint Barthélemy 5
Saint Martin 3
Antigua & Barbuda 2
Anguilla 2
France 2
Grenada 2
St Kitts & Nevis 2
Sint Maarten 2
Aruba 1
Bermuda 1
Haiti 1
Nicaragua 1
Philippines 1
St Vincent & the Grenadines 1
British Virgin Islands 1

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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.