Branched Finger Coral
Porites furcata
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 31 diving areas across 18 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 66 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 214 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 171 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 36 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 42 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 63 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 1 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 2 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 2 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 4 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 7 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 2 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 51 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 165 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 63 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 67 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 165 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 230 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 19 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 12 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 12 records
- Utila, Honduras - 12 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 6 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 11 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 98 records