What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Iridogorgia magnispiralis been recorded?

Iridogorgia magnispiralis occurrence evidence comes from 2,788 records in 9 countries and territories, from 1988 to 2024. Most records come from United States.

AnthozoaScleralcyonaceaChrysogorgiidaeIridogorgia

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

2,788 records across 9 countries and territories, 1988–2024.

Iridogorgia magnispiralis · GBIF taxon key 2263010

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

7 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.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. 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

19882024

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

Where Iridogorgia magnispiralis has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Iridogorgia magnispiralis. 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 1,817
United States Minor Outlying Islands 534
American Samoa 127
Northern Mariana Islands 87
Kiribati 76
Palau 45
Puerto Rico 2
Portugal 2
Bermuda 1

Related animals

Others in the family Chrysogorgiidae.

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4,320 records
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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.