Boulder Brain Coral
Colpophyllia natans
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Faviidae
- Genus
- Colpophyllia
Where to Find
Found in 47 diving areas across 26 countries and 5 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 17 records
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 15 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 53 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 426 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 62 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 51 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 57 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 935 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 702 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 33 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 58 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 39 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 63 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 4 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 1 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 144 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 21 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 13 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 13 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 28 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 14 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 48 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 501 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 441 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 442 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 113 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 13 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 13 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 21 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 734 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 908 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 147 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 147 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 79 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 70 records
- Utila, Honduras - 135 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 9 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 1 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 32 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 71 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 3200 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 42 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 12 records