Pillar coral
Dendrogyra cylindrus
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: CR - Critically Endangered - facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Meandrinidae
- Genus
- Dendrogyra
Where to Find
Found in 36 diving areas across 21 countries and 4 regions.
- Abaco, Bahamas - 3 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 23 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 1 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 215 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 141 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 3 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 3 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 6 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 2 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 6 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 1 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 1 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 11 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 7 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 4 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 126 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 99 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 100 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 11 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 9 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 38 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 212 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 6 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 2 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 2 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 2 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 1 records