Blue crust coral
Porites branneri
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
- Poritidae
- Genus
- Porites
Where to Find
Found in 11 diving areas across 7 countries and 3 regions.
- Abaco, Bahamas - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 16 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 13 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 9 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 9 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 9 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 6 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 19 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 2 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 2 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 22 records