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Where does the massive starlet coral live?

Siderastrea siderea has 37,509 records in 51 countries and territories, from 1884 to 2026. Most records come from Colombia.

massive starlet coral
massive starlet coral — D. Gordon E. Robertson / CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
AnimaliaCnidariaAnthozoaScleractiniaRhizangiidaeSiderastrea

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 11,824
US Virgin Islands 8,728
United States 6,298
Puerto Rico 3,034
Mexico 1,927
Cuba 1,450
Panama 688
Cayman Islands 525
Belize 507
Bahamas 379
Bonaire 292
Jamaica 287
Turks and Caicos Islands 275
Curaçao 200
Martinique 141
Trinidad & Tobago 140
Dominican Republic 139
Guadeloupe 103
Costa Rica 87
Venezuela 81
Honduras 69
Nicaragua 41
British Virgin Islands 38
Brazil 37
Dominica 36
Sint Maarten 20
St Vincent & the Grenadines 20
Antigua & Barbuda 18
Barbados 18
ZZ 17
Haiti 14
Grenada 12
Saint Lucia 12
St Kitts & Nevis 9
Saint Martin 8
Saint Barthélemy 7
Bermuda 6
Aruba 4
Guatemala 3
Indonesia 3

Showing the top 40 of 51 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Rhizangiidae.

lesser starlet coral
lesser starlet coral
16,887 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.