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Where does the Boulder star coral live?

Orbicella faveolata has 38,508 records in 38 countries and territories, from 1970 to 2026. Most records come from Colombia.

Boulder star coral
Boulder star coral — NOAA / Public domain · source
AnimaliaCnidariaAnthozoaScleractiniaMerulinidaeOrbicella

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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Colombia 18,934
US Virgin Islands 7,255
United States 2,866
Puerto Rico 1,722
Mexico 1,148
Cuba 919
Bonaire 836
Panama 807
Cayman Islands 637
Bahamas 573
Curaçao 570
Turks and Caicos Islands 433
Jamaica 313
Belize 304
Venezuela 183
Guadeloupe 174
Dominican Republic 134
Trinidad & Tobago 125
Honduras 90
Martinique 86
Nicaragua 86
British Virgin Islands 80
Costa Rica 58
Sint Maarten 40
St Vincent & the Grenadines 32
Barbados 30
Saint Martin 17
Saint Lucia 14
Dominica 11
Saint Barthélemy 9
Grenada 9
Antigua & Barbuda 3
Aruba 3
St Kitts & Nevis 3
Guatemala 1
Haiti 1
Montserrat 1
Sudan 1

Related animals

Others in the family Merulinidae.

Caribbean star coral
Caribbean star coral
36,561 records
Bumpy star coral
Bumpy star coral
22,175 records
knob coral
2,738 records
false knob coral
2,399 records
knob coral
1,982 records
larger star coral
1,027 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.