| Country | Virgin Islands (US) | Ecosystem | Atlantic Ocean |
| Locality | Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix | Depth | 24 m |
| Introduced | Year Intro. | ||
| Life Stage | juvenile/recruits | unsexed | |
| Quantitative | 224.3 | Unit | numbers/hectare |
| Semi Quantitative | 100-1000 | Unit | numbers/hectare |
| Qualitative | extremely abundant | ||
| Year | 2010 - 2011 | Period | 2001-present |
| Date | 2010-09-01 00:00:00 - 2011-09-30 00:00:00 | Record Type | survey |
| Record Type | survey | ||
| Seasonal | not specified | Method | swept area |
| Remarks | Sampling was done in September 2010, June, July, and September 2011, via 10m radial survey sampling at a depth range of 0-30 m. The highest mean density of juvenile Lobatus gigas in the Buck Island Reef National Monument was in seagrass beds and at depths of 13-18 m, and lowest in colonized pavement with channels. They are absent at depths of 25-30 m (Ref. 121909). | ||