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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Family

Habitat

Diet

Conservation

113 species found

Not Evaluated

Striate Bubble

Bulla striata

Not Evaluated

Queen Conch

Lobatus gigas

Not Evaluated

Branching Fire Coral

Millepora alcicornis

Not Evaluated

Long-spined Urchin

Diadema antillarum

Not Evaluated

Carolina Sphinx

Manduca sexta

Not Evaluated

Azure Vase Sponge

Callyspongia plicifera

Not Evaluated

Sea Biscuit

Clypeaster rosaceus

Not Evaluated

Fall Armyworm Moth

Spodoptera frugiperda

Not Evaluated

Bearded Fireworm

Hermodice carunculata

Not Evaluated

Upside-down Jellyfish

Cassiopea andromeda

Not Evaluated

Moon Jellyfish

Aurelia aurita

Not Evaluated

Torsalo

Dermatobia hominis

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Based on what we already know about U.S. Virgin Islands.

ParkVirgin Islands (St John)BuceoBuck Island Reef National Monument