Where Coelastrea aspera has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

Australia — 694 records; Japan — 237 records; American Samoa — 55 records; New Caledonia — 9 records; Indonesia — 8 records; Réunion — 8 records; Palau — 7 records; Papua New Guinea — 6 records; Philippines — 6 records; Singapore — 6 records; Thailand — 6 records; Chinese Taipei — 5 records; French Polynesia — 3 records; French Southern Territories — 3 records; Wallis and Futuna — 3 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 7514839) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=7514839&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 1,074 of the 1,074 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 27 of the 27 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.

24 records plotting inland were omitted: for a marine species those are almost always the holding institution's coordinates rather than a collection site.

Records show where the species has been observed and reported, not a modelled range.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 7514839) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=7514839&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=762427 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.