Finger Coral
Porites porites
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 51 diving areas across 27 countries and 4 regions.
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 4 records
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 5 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 35 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 169 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 362 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 4 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 250 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 166 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 3 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 12 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 3401 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 2640 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 287 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 245 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 177 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 246 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 9 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 4 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 17 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 2 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 20 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 119 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 119 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 6 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 221 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 135 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 153 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 1752 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 679 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 676 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 37 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 119 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 119 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 48 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 2272 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 3302 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 162 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 241 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 124 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 127 records
- Utila, Honduras - 195 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 194 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 10 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 26 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 1689 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 42 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 25 records