Massive Starlet Coral
Siderastrea siderea
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: CR - Critically Endangered - facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Rhizangiidae
- Genus
- Siderastrea
Where to Find
Found in 51 diving areas across 28 countries and 5 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 10 records
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 3 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 57 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 141 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1632 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 248 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 143 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 8 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 8 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 2 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 14 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 5109 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 3915 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 206 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 543 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 429 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 196 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 76 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 11 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 66 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 53 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 12 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 12 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 108 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 77 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 89 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 2642 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 1343 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 1316 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 164 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 12 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 12 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 115 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 3589 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 5031 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 369 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 452 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 272 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 183 records
- Utila, Honduras - 331 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 39 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 38 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 105 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 2664 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 24 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 25 records