What Animal Lives Where

Where has the maze coral been recorded?

Meandrina meandrites occurrence evidence comes from 8,312 records in 22 countries and territories, from 1918 to 2025. Most records come from US Virgin Islands.

maze coral
maze coral — Photo (display-sized rendition): Nhobgood Nick Hobgood · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnthozoaScleractiniaMeandrinidaeMeandrina

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

8,312 records across 22 countries and territories, 1918–2025.

Meandrina meandrites · GBIF taxon key 2259752

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

19182025

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

Where maze coral has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for maze 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 3,905
United States 2,665
Puerto Rico 1,642
Panama 25
Bahamas 12
Bonaire 11
Belize 11
Costa Rica 8
ZZ 7
Jamaica 6
Barbados 3
Dominican Republic 3
British Virgin Islands 3
Colombia 2
Cuba 2
Antigua & Barbuda 1
Bermuda 1
Honduras 1
Cayman Islands 1
Mexico 1
Nicaragua 1
Trinidad & Tobago 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.