Where Golfball coral has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Favia fragum, mapped and tabulated by country.
Distribution map plotted from GBIF.org occurrence records; basemap Natural Earth 110m · GBIF records CC0 / CC BY; Natural Earth public domain
12,584 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Favia fragum through GBIF, from 42 countries or marine areas. This page maps those records and lists where they come from. Occurrence records reflect where people have looked as well as where the species lives, so well-surveyed coastlines are over-represented.
- Georeferenced records
- 12,584
- Countries / areas
- 42
- Mapped locations
- 71
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 13
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2260119
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 5,707 records; United States of America — 4,234 records; Colombia — 1,140 records; Puerto Rico — 627 records; Bermuda — 136 records; Panama — 98 records; Jamaica — 85 records; Belize — 74 records; Barbados — 64 records; Mexico — 61 records; Cayman Islands — 53 records; Martinique — 40 records; Curaçao — 31 records; Cuba — 30 records; Bahamas — 29 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2260119) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2260119&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Atlantic Ocean; Gulf of Mexico; Caribbean Sea; Panamanian part of the Caribbean Sea; Aruban Exclusive Economic Zone; Mexico; Cayman Islands Exclusive Economic Zone; Curaçaoan Exclusive Economic Zone; Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone; Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone; Hispaniola; Nicaraguan part of the Caribbean Sea; Costa Rican part of the Caribbean Sea; Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone; Honduras; Bonaire Exclusive Economic Zone; Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone; Colombian part of the Caribbean Sea; Puerto Rican Exclusive Economic Zone; West Africa; Bermuda; South African Exclusive Economic Zone; Bermudian Exclusive Economic Zone; Dominican Exclusive Economic Zone; United States Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207432 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 12,584 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 30 of the 42 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 43 records in total (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Saint Barthélemy, Haiti, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Mozambique, South Africa, Grenada).
13 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 2260119) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2260119&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207432 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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