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Where does the mustard hill coral live?

Porites astreoides has 39,887 records in 43 countries and territories, from 1856 to 2026. Most records come from US Virgin Islands.

mustard hill coral
mustard hill coral — unknown / Copyrighted free use · source
AnimaliaCnidariaAnthozoaScleractiniaPoritidaePorites

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
US Virgin Islands 9,457
Colombia 8,809
United States 6,339
Puerto Rico 3,231
Mexico 1,868
Panama 1,358
Cuba 1,190
Bahamas 1,073
Belize 869
Brazil 821
Jamaica 791
Cayman Islands 771
Bonaire 635
Nicaragua 518
Curaçao 360
Turks and Caicos Islands 266
Venezuela 225
Costa Rica 136
St Vincent & the Grenadines 128
Trinidad & Tobago 120
Guadeloupe 110
Honduras 107
Martinique 103
Dominican Republic 79
British Virgin Islands 76
ZZ 72
Bermuda 64
Saint Barthélemy 53
Sint Maarten 46
Australia 32
Cabo Verde 30
Dominica 28
Aruba 21
Barbados 21
Antigua & Barbuda 19
Saint Lucia 14
Anguilla 12
Grenada 12
Saint Martin 11
St Kitts & Nevis 6

Showing the top 40 of 43 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.