Ten-ray Star Coral
Madracis decactis
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
- Pocilloporidae
- Genus
- Madracis
Where to Find
Found in 45 diving areas across 26 countries and 4 regions.
- Abaco, Bahamas - 5 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 2 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 54 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 2 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 4 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 4 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 5 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 10 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 869 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 620 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 6 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 14 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 16 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 42 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 23 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 27 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 3 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 3 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 21 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 18 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 38 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 460 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 382 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 375 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 21 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 3 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 3 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 11 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 810 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 851 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 15 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 38 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 12 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 26 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 4 records
- Utila, Honduras - 39 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 1 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 5 records
- Arraial do Cabo, Brazil - 59 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 295 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 5 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 18 records