Pointed Pencil Coral
Madracis asperula
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Pocilloporidae
- Genus
- Madracis
Where to Find
Found in 22 diving areas across 15 countries and 4 regions.
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 3 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 9 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 7 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 7 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 2 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 4 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 4 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 2 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 4 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 3 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 9 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 48 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 8 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 8 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 30 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 3 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 3 records