Great star coral
Montastraea cavernosa
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
- Montastraeidae
- Genus
- Montastraea
Where to Find
Found in 50 diving areas across 27 countries and 5 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 15 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 43 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 149 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 901 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 254 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 141 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 27 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 30 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 3632 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 2605 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 188 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 328 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 218 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 123 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 25 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 10 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 189 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 53 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 9 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 9 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 129 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 109 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 92 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 2140 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 1388 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 1332 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 294 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 9 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 9 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 164 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 3206 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 3493 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 278 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 248 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 165 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 88 records
- Utila, Honduras - 208 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 49 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 1 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 89 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 183 records
- Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - 30 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 48 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 2498 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 53 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 9 records