Where Large star coral has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Favites abdita, 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
1,917 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Favites abdita through GBIF, from 50 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
- 1,917
- Countries / areas
- 50
- Mapped locations
- 247
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,917
- Inland records omitted
- 56
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2260080
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 1,088 records; Japan — 431 records; Mayotte — 60 records; Indonesia — 34 records; New Caledonia — 32 records; British Indian Ocean Territory — 26 records; Marshall Islands — 25 records; Philippines — 17 records; Papua New Guinea — 15 records; Réunion — 15 records; India — 13 records; Fiji — 11 records; United States Minor Outlying Islands — 11 records; Cocos (Keeling) Islands — 9 records; Palau — 9 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2260080) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2260080&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Mozambique; Madagascar; Aldabra; Réunion; Mauritius; Rodrigues; Chagos; Red Sea; Somalia; South Africa (country); Seychelles; Indo-West Pacific; Indian Exclusive Economic Zone; South African Exclusive Economic Zone; Australian Exclusive Economic Zone; Maldives Exclusive Economic Zone; Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone; Kingman Reef; Ashmore-Cartier Is.; American Samoa Exclusive Economic Zone; United States Exclusive Economic Zone; Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone; Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone; Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207449 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,917 of the 1,917 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 50 of the 50 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
56 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 2260080) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2260080&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207449 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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