
Tubastraea coccinea
Orange Cup Coral
As recorded: Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830
Animalia › Cnidaria › Anthozoa › Scleractinia › Dendrophylliidae
- Island
- Tutuila
- Region
- American Samoa
- Record type
- Human observation
Tubastraea coccinea observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,260 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-23.

2026-10-23
Santa Cruz, EC-GA, EC
(c) Kaveer B, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-17
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) sabrinamedinaa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-06
Santa Cruz, Galapagos, EC
(c) Billy Bensted-Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-05
MX
(c) nishagoldsworthy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-02
San Cristobal, Ecuador
(c) Kaveer B, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-02
Australia
(c) liam1294, some rights reserved (CC BY)
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Cite this specimen
Tubastraea coccinea. BPBM 5c60ee95-ada6-4894-b5e4-70dc80608f15. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 3413384509. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/img/5c60ee95-ada6-4894-b5e4-70dc80608f15.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 3413384509 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
