What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Fire Coral been recorded?

Millepora platyphylla occurrence evidence comes from 68 records in 12 countries and territories, from 1930 to 2025. Most records come from French Polynesia.

HydrozoaAnthoathecataMilleporidaeMillepora

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

68 records across 12 countries and territories, 1930–2025.

Millepora platyphylla · GBIF taxon key 2265093

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: November.

6 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: November. 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

19302025

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

Where Fire Coral has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Fire 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
French Polynesia 19
British Indian Ocean Territory 14
Egypt 12
Indonesia 6
Panama 5
Kiribati 4
Cook Islands 3
France 1
Jordan 1
Marshall Islands 1
Philippines 1
Saudi Arabia 1

Related animals

Others in the family Milleporidae.

fire coral
fire coral
8,660 records
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.