Black coral
Leiopathes glaberrima
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Antipatharia
- Family
- Leiopathidae
- Genus
- Leiopathes
Where to Find
Found in 17 diving areas across 11 countries and 2 regions.
- Bimini, Bahamas - 4 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 2 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 2 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 2 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 2 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 2 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 2 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 3 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 2 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 2 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 2 records
- Dodecanese, Greece - 2 records
- Azores, Portugal - 38 records