Smooth Flower Coral
Eusmilia fastigiata
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
- Eusmilia
Where to Find
Found in 37 diving areas across 21 countries and 4 regions.
- Abaco, Bahamas - 3 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 124 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 4 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 4 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 4 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 506 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 420 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 17 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 25 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 16 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 2 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 1 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 62 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 13 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 3 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 2 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 187 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 142 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 149 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 5 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 5 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 333 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 498 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 18 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 32 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 15 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 17 records
- Utila, Honduras - 31 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 5 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 867 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 5 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 4 records