Bushy Coral
Cladocora caespitosa
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Cladocoridae
- Genus
- Cladocora
Where to Find
Found in 25 diving areas across 12 countries and 2 regions.
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Ksamil, Albania - 1 records
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 10 records
- Istria Peninsula, Croatia - 40 records
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 32 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 13 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 12 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 4 records
- Corsica, France - 201 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 6 records
- Alonissos Marine Park, Greece - 12 records
- Halkidiki, Greece - 47 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 22 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 519 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 205 records
- Ustica, Italy - 34 records
- Comino, Malta - 9 records
- Gozo, Malta - 10 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 9 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 13 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 4 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 3 records