Mustard hill coral
Porites astreoides
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
- Poritidae
- Genus
- Porites
Where to Find
Found in 50 diving areas across 28 countries and 5 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 33 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 396 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 169 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1453 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 267 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 183 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 22 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 21 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 6013 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 4304 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 320 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 489 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 366 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 483 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 13 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 9 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 105 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 4 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 110 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 125 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 125 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 4 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 390 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 294 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 297 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 3498 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 2003 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 1964 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 350 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 125 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 125 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 74 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 5395 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 5826 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 376 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 782 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 317 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 44 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 486 records
- Utila, Honduras - 613 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 514 records
- Santiago, Cape Verde - 5 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 32 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 85 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 4245 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 140 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 34 records