U.S. Virgin Islands

América del Norte

113

Documented species

Parks and reserves

Dive sites

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Parks and reserves

National Park

Virgin Islands (St John)

Given almost in its entirety to the United States government by the Rockefeller family in 1956

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Diving and snorkelling

Barrier reef

Buck Island Reef National Monument

A marine national monument with a marked underwater trail, ideal for both diving and snorkelling.

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Salt River Canyon

A deep underwater canyon where Columbus landed in 1493; black corals and giant sponges line its walls.

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Cane Bay Wall

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.

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Especies documentadas en U.S. Virgin Islands

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Class

Family

Habitat

Diet

Conservation

113 species found

Least Concern

Brown Booby

Sula leucogaster

Least Concern

Great Frigatebird

Fregata minor

Not Evaluated

Red-tailed Boa

Boa constrictor

Not Evaluated

Chilean Hermit Crab

Pagurus edwardsii

Data Deficient

Caribbean Spiny Lobster

Panulirus argus

Not Evaluated

Common Octopus

Octopus vulgaris

Critically Endangered

Grooved Brain Coral

Diploria labyrinthiformis

Endangered

American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

Vulnerable

West Indian Manatee

Trichechus manatus

Vulnerable

Atlantic Goliath Grouper

Epinephelus itajara

Vulnerable

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

Near Threatened

Southern Stingray

Hypanus americanus

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ParkVirgin Islands (St John)BuceoBuck Island Reef National Monument