Spiny Flower Coral
Mussa angulosa
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
- Faviidae
- Genus
- Mussa
Where to Find
Found in 32 diving areas across 20 countries and 4 regions.
- Andros, Bahamas - 2 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 28 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 2 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 43 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 25 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 4 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 4 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 5 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 2 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 5 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 3 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 3 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 19 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 9 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 10 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 2 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 3 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 40 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 34 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 6 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 12 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 6 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 8 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 6 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 1 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 47 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 2 records