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.
Sally Lightfoot Crab
Grapsus grapsus
Portuguese Man-of-war
Physalia physalis
Striate Bubble
Bulla striata
Queen Conch
Lobatus gigas
Branching Fire Coral
Millepora alcicornis
Long-spined Urchin
Diadema antillarum
Carolina Sphinx
Manduca sexta
Azure Vase Sponge
Callyspongia plicifera
Fall Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera frugiperda
Bearded Fireworm
Hermodice carunculata
Caribbean Spiny Lobster
Panulirus argus
Upside-down Jellyfish
Cassiopea andromeda
Not Evaluated
