Fire coral
Millepora alcicornis
Category: Jellyfish
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hydrozoa
- Order
- Anthoathecata
- Family
- Milleporidae
- Genus
- Millepora
Where to Find
Found in 39 diving areas across 22 countries and 5 regions.
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 3 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 5 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 9 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1049 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 3 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 30 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 3 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 9 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 26 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 2 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1162 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 807 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 15 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 20 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 20 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 1 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 8 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 1 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 1 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 3 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 9 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 6 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 5 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 763 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 350 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 321 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1179 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1204 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 30 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 59 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 21 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 30 records
- Utila, Honduras - 39 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 2 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 1456 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 16 records