Blushing Star Coral

Stephanocoenia intersepta

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: Astrocoeniidae
Genus: Stephanocoenia

Where to Find

Found in 40 diving areas across 21 countries and 3 regions.

Abaco, Bahamas - 13 records
Andros, Bahamas - 17 records
Bimini, Bahamas - 633 records
Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 20 records
Long Island, Bahamas - 1 records
Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 16 records
South Coast, Barbados - 6 records
West Coast, Barbados - 6 records
North Shore, Bermuda - 2 records
Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 14 records
Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1831 records
Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1310 records
Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 9 records
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 61 records
Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 72 records
Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 6 records
Varadero, Cuba - 2 records
Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 109 records
Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 20 records
Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
Montego Bay, Jamaica - 4 records
Negril, Jamaica - 2 records
Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 2 records
Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 847 records
La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 571 records
Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 549 records
St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 13 records
Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 9 records
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1602 records
St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1649 records
Ambergris Caye, Belize - 48 records
Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 115 records
Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 43 records
Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 69 records
Utila, Honduras - 93 records
Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 676 records
Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 17 records
Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 7 records