🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the rose coral live?

Manicina areolata has 13,424 records in 44 countries and territories, from 1856 to 2026. Most records come from US Virgin Islands.

rose coral
rose coral — Photo: James St. John · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaCnidariaAnthozoaScleractiniaFaviidaeManicina

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.

Records over time

18562026

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

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
US Virgin Islands 5,734
United States 4,331
Puerto Rico 2,316
Colombia 173
Mexico 133
Costa Rica 104
Bahamas 70
Cuba 58
Belize 57
St Kitts & Nevis 50
Jamaica 47
Panama 46
Guadeloupe 45
Cayman Islands 45
Martinique 35
Dominican Republic 27
Honduras 21
Saint Barthélemy 18
Haiti 13
Trinidad & Tobago 12
Curaçao 8
Sint Maarten 8
ZZ 8
Grenada 7
Antigua & Barbuda 5
Saint Martin 5
Montserrat 5
Nicaragua 5
Turks and Caicos Islands 5
Venezuela 5
United Kingdom 4
British Virgin Islands 4
St Vincent & the Grenadines 3
Bonaire 2
Dominica 2
Guatemala 2
Guyana 2
Saint Lucia 2
South Africa 2
Aruba 1

Showing the top 40 of 44 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.