Eight-ray Finger Coral
Madracis formosa
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: NT - Near Threatened - close to qualifying for a threatened category in the near future
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Pocilloporidae
- Genus
- Madracis
Where to Find
Found in 22 diving areas across 14 countries and 4 regions.
- Abaco, Bahamas - 11 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 2 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 33 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 20 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 2 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 1 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 2 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 2 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 2 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 14 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 27 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 27 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 30 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 30 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 1 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 1 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 19 records