Where Madracis auretenra has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Madracis auretenra, mapped and tabulated by country.
8,899 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Madracis auretenra through GBIF, from 29 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
- 8,899
- Countries / areas
- 29
- Mapped locations
- 70
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 9
- Gbif taxonkey
- 5784825
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 3,786 records; Puerto Rico — 2,304 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 2,261 records; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba — 143 records; Curaçao — 77 records; Colombia — 61 records; Guadeloupe — 46 records; Martinique — 40 records; Cayman Islands — 30 records; Honduras — 27 records; Cuba — 24 records; Dominican Republic — 21 records; Belize — 10 records; Dominica — 10 records; Bermuda — 8 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5784825) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5784825&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Colombian part of the Caribbean Sea; Puerto Rican Exclusive Economic Zone; Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone; Hispaniola; Nicaraguan part of the Caribbean Sea; Honduras; Bonaire Exclusive Economic Zone; Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone; Caribbean Sea; Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone; Mexico; Cayman Islands Exclusive Economic Zone; Panamanian part of the Caribbean Sea; Aruban Exclusive Economic Zone; Lesser Antilles; Curaçaoan Exclusive Economic Zone; Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone; Bermuda.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430664 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 8,899 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 24 of the 29 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 16 records in total (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Costa Rica, Saint Barthélemy, Grenada, Nicaragua).
9 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 5784825) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5784825&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430664 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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