Sunray Lettuce Coral
Helioseris cucullata
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
- Agariciidae
- Genus
- Helioseris
Where to Find
Found in 28 diving areas across 17 countries and 3 regions.
- Abaco, Bahamas - 7 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 23 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 1 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 3 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 3 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 12 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 139 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 105 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 1 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 1 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 5 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 12 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 4 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 96 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 130 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 128 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 3 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 120 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 136 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 3 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 1 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 333 records