Where Artichoke coral has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Scolymia cubensis, mapped and tabulated by country.
9,265 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Scolymia cubensis 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
- 9,265
- Countries / areas
- 29
- Mapped locations
- 67
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 6
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2260337
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 5,029 records; Puerto Rico — 2,450 records; United States of America — 1,359 records; Cuba — 85 records; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba — 44 records; Trinidad and Tobago — 38 records; Cayman Islands — 32 records; Mexico — 32 records; Curaçao — 29 records; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) — 21 records; Colombia — 20 records; Panama — 18 records; Costa Rica — 17 records; Bahamas — 16 records; Honduras — 15 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2260337) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2260337&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
West Atlantic; Gulf of Mexico; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Hispaniola; Cuba; Belize; Caribbean Sea; Curaçao; Honduras; Bonaire; Puerto Rico; Guatemala; Colombia; Jamaica; Mexico; Aruba; Cayman Islands; Panama; Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone; Bermuda; Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone; Guadeloupean Exclusive Economic Zone; Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone; Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287852 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 9,265 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 49 records in total (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Costa Rica, Jamaica, Saint Barthélemy, Brazil).
6 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 2260337) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2260337&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287852 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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