North America
113
Documented species
1
Parks and reserves
3
Dive sites
113 species found
Based on what we already know about U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Given almost in its entirety to the United States government by the Rockefeller family in 1956
One of the few mostly underwater national monuments in the United States. It has a marked underwater snorkelling trail through the barrier reef.
A deep underwater canyon where Columbus landed in 1493; black corals and giant sponges line its walls.
A coral wall reachable from the beach that drops abruptly from 12 m to more than 120 m; one of the finest shore dives in the Caribbean.
Goblin Shark
Mitsukurina owstoni
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Common Opossum
Didelphis marsupialis
Blainville's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon densirostris
Common Sea Fan
Gorgonia ventalina
Red-tailed Boa
Boa constrictor
Pygmy Sperm Whale
Kogia breviceps
Great Land Crab
Cardisoma guanhumi
Chilean Hermit Crab
Pagurus edwardsii
Atlantic Ghost Crab
Ocypode quadrata
Florida Stone Crab
Menippe mercenaria
Least Concern
