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MOUNTAINOUS STAR CORAL (Orbicella faveolata) < 2.5 m / 8 ft
Very large colonies with one or more rounded domes with ared ottoms. Often found ro in close to the surface.
Star Corals are some of the most common on the reef and are found in a wide variety of growth patterns, depending on habitat and depth. The shape and distribution of the corallites the skeletal cups that the polyps sit in can be used to determine separate species.
LOBED STAR CORAL
(Orbicella annularis) < 3 m / 10 ft Collections of rounded light to dark brown coral heads ith smooth to s. Onl the to s ha e li in ol s.
BOULDER STAR CORAL (Orbicella franksi) < 2.5 m / 8 ft
Grows in irregular lumpy mounds or plates. Shades of green to brown, with a scattering of small white patches.
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