Lesser Starlet Coral
Siderastrea radians
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
- Rhizangiidae
- Genus
- Siderastrea
Where to Find
Found in 36 diving areas across 23 countries and 5 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 1 records
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 6 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 1 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 2 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 263 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 3 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 3 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 975 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 728 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 3 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 45 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 1 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 17 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 30 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 18 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 33 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 326 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 454 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 465 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 13 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1027 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 820 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 4 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 90 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 4 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 16 records
- Santiago, Cape Verde - 1 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 6 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 7 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 250 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 1 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 30 records