Where Atlantic mushroom coral has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Scolymia lacera, mapped and tabulated by country.
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Distribution map plotted from GBIF.org occurrence records; basemap Natural Earth 110m · GBIF records CC0 / CC BY; Natural Earth public domain
4,948 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Scolymia lacera through GBIF, from 23 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.
Quick Facts
- Georeferenced records
- 4,948
- Mapped locations
- 45
- Inland records omitted
- 4
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2260340
Facts from the source article.
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 4,012 records; United States of America — 604 records; Puerto Rico — 203 records; Cuba — 24 records; Colombia — 18 records; Martinique — 16 records; Bahamas — 9 records; Dominica — 7 records; Guadeloupe — 6 records; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) — 6 records; Jamaica — 5 records; Mexico — 5 records; Panama — 5 records; Trinidad and Tobago — 5 records; Belize — 4 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2260340) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2260340&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
West Atlantic; Gulf of Mexico; Caribbean Sea; Mexico; Jamaica; Curaçao; Aruba; Cayman Islands; Panama; Honduras; Bonaire; Venezuela; Colombia; Puerto Rico; Hispaniola; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Belize; Cuba; Guadeloupean Exclusive Economic Zone; Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone; Saint Lucia Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287853 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 4,948 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 17 of the 23 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 26 records in total (Bahamas, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Jamaica, Saint Barthélemy, Barbados, Nicaragua).
4 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 2260340) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2260340&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287853 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.
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