Ridged Cactus Coarl
Mycetophyllia lamarckiana
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
- Mycetophyllia
Where to Find
Found in 22 diving areas across 14 countries and 4 regions.
- Abaco, Bahamas - 4 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 6 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 38 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 28 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 2 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 15 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 15 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 3 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 3 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 24 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 30 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 29 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 3 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 23 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 36 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 13 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 5 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 8 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 10 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 1 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 301 records