What Animal Lives Where

Where has the striate finger coral been recorded?

Madracis myriaster occurrence evidence comes from 3,942 records in 30 countries and territories, from 1871 to 2023. Most records come from US Virgin Islands.

AnthozoaScleractiniaPocilloporidaeMadracis

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

3,942 records across 30 countries and territories, 1871–2023.

Madracis myriaster · GBIF taxon key 2259484

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

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: October. 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 striate finger coral has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for striate finger 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
US Virgin Islands 3,510
United States 128
Colombia 51
Bahamas 36
Costa Rica 29
Puerto Rico 25
Cuba 24
Anguilla 22
Dominican Republic 12
Barbados 11
Dominica 10
Jamaica 10
Mexico 9
Panama 8
Honduras 7
British Virgin Islands 7
Venezuela 6
Haiti 5
Cayman Islands 5
Guyana 4
Martinique 4
Nicaragua 4
Bermuda 2
Curaçao 2
Grenada 2
Saint Lucia 2
Suriname 2
St Vincent & the Grenadines 2
ZZ 2
Montserrat 1

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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.