Elliptical star coral
Dichocoenia stokesii
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
- Meandrinidae
- Genus
- Dichocoenia
Where to Find
Found in 44 diving areas across 25 countries and 5 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 2 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 16 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 3 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 468 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 12 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 3 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 3 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 2 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 442 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 248 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 16 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 12 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 13 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 3 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 2 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 9 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 4 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 5 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 5 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 1 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 168 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 290 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 285 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 20 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 574 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 320 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 37 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 118 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 34 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 84 records
- Utila, Honduras - 90 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 2 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 195 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 1 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 1 records