Where Anchor coral has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

Australia — 234 records; New Caledonia — 192 records; Indonesia — 170 records; Japan — 126 records; Philippines — 106 records; Thailand — 51 records; Norfolk Island — 48 records; Singapore — 35 records; Chinese Taipei — 26 records; Malaysia — 24 records; Timor-Leste — 13 records; Papua New Guinea — 7 records; Palau — 6 records; China — 4 records; Solomon Islands — 4 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 7014536) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=7014536&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 1,062 of the 1,062 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 25 of the 25 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.

36 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 7014536) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=7014536&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1048073 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.