🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the diffuse ivory bush coral live?

Oculina diffusa has 11,216 records in 21 countries and territories, from 1860 to 2026. Most records come from US Virgin Islands.

diffuse ivory bush coral
diffuse ivory bush coral — NOAA / Public domain · source
AnimaliaCnidariaAnthozoaScleractiniaOculinidaeOculina

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. 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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
US Virgin Islands 4,660
United States 4,244
Puerto Rico 1,979
Mexico 177
Colombia 59
Bermuda 54
Trinidad & Tobago 7
Venezuela 6
Guadeloupe 5
Jamaica 5
Saint Barthélemy 3
Saint Martin 3
Martinique 3
Montserrat 3
Dominican Republic 2
Aruba 1
Bahamas 1
Grenada 1
Haiti 1
Cayman Islands 1
Panama 1

Related animals

Others in the family Oculinidae.

ocular coral
ocular coral
2,366,288 records
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.