Where Smooth cauliflower coral has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Stylophora pistillata, mapped and tabulated by country.
2,626 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Stylophora pistillata through GBIF, from 56 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
- 2,626
- Countries / areas
- 56
- Mapped locations
- 319
- Records sampled for the map
- 2,626
- Inland records omitted
- 66
- Gbif taxonkey
- 4976552
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 1,279 records; Japan — 300 records; American Samoa — 145 records; Egypt — 96 records; United States Minor Outlying Islands — 85 records; New Caledonia — 72 records; British Indian Ocean Territory — 62 records; Indonesia — 58 records; Marshall Islands — 53 records; Madagascar — 41 records; Yemen — 40 records; Seychelles — 35 records; Chinese Taipei — 33 records; Mayotte — 31 records; Saudi Arabia — 30 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 4976552) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4976552&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Madagascar; East Africa; Aldabra; Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Rodrigues; Red Sea; Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Chagos; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; South Africa (country); Indo-West Pacific; New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone; Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone; Australian Exclusive Economic Zone; Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone; South African Exclusive Economic Zone; Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone; Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone; Kingman Reef; Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone; Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone; United States Exclusive Economic Zone; American Samoa Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206982 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 2,626 of the 2,626 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 56 of the 56 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
66 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 4976552) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4976552&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206982 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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