Coral reefs of the Virgin Islands other coral larvae to attach to and grow on. These corals can form into three different structures; fringing reefs, which are reefs that are close to the shore, barrier reefs, which are reefs that are alongside the shore and is separated by deep water, and an atoll reef which is a coral reef that circles a lagoon or body of water. As stated, the coral reefs such as fringing reefs, deep reefs, patch reefs and spur and groove formation are distributed over three islands in the Virgin Islands which are St. Croix (Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological
Zhongzhou Reef Zhongzhou Reef Zhongzhou Reef also known as Ban Than Reef and Centre Cay (; ) is a small coral reef on the north edge of the Tizard Bank in the Spratly Islands, South China Sea. It lies east of ROC-occupied Taiping Island (Itu Aba), west of Vietnamese-occupied Sand Cay, and has an exposed area of approximately during high tide, and during low tide. It consists of an accumulation of seashells, sand, coral reefs and debris which forms a circular coral reef plate, surrounding the reef under the water, with a diameter of approximately . The reef is currently controlled by