Although the species undoubtedly occurs in other places , this species has been recorded within the scientific literature as occurring , in : Aruba , ( Netherlands Antilles ) ; Barbados ; the Bahamas ; Belize ; Bermuda ; North and northeastern regions of Brazil ( though this is contested ) ; Old Providence Island in Colombia ; Costa Rica ; the Dominican Republic ; Panama ; Swan Islands in Honduras ; Jamaica ; Martinique ; Alacran Reef , Campeche , Cayos Arcas and Quintana Roo , in Mexico ; Puerto Rico ; Saint Barthélemy ; Mustique and Grenada in the Grenadines ; Pinar del Río , North Havana Province , North Matanzas , Villa Clara , Cienfuegos , Holguín , Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo , in the Turks and Caicos Islands and Cuba ; South Carolina , Florida , with the Florida Keys and Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary , in the United States ; Carabobo , Falcon , Gulf of Venezuela , Los Roques archipelago , Los Testigos Islands and Sucre in Venezuela ; St. Croix in the Virgin Islands .
Aruba , of the Netherlands Antilles ; Barbados ; all of the islands and cays of the Bahamas ; Belize ; Bermuda ; North and northeastern regions of Brazil ( though this is contested by some authors ) ; Old Providence Island in Colombia ; Costa Rica ; the Dominican Republic ; Panama ; Swan Islands in Honduras ; Jamaica ; Martinique ; Alacran Reef , Campeche , Cayos Arcas and Quintana Roo , in Mexico ; Puerto Rico ; Saint Barthélemy ; Mustique and Grenada in the Grenadines ; Pinar del Río , North Havana Province , North Matanzas , Villa Clara , Cienfuegos , Holguín , Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo , in the Turks and Caicos Islands and Cuba ; South Carolina , Florida , including East Florida , West Florida , the Florida Keys and the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary , in the United States ; Carabobo , Falcon , Gulf of Venezuela , Las Aves archipelago , Los Roques archipelago , Los Testigos Islands and Sucre in Venezuela ; St. Croix in the Virgin Islands .