Orbicella faveolata, commonly known as mountainous star coral, is a colonial stony coral in the family Merulinidae. Orbicella faveolata is native to the coral coast of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and is listed as "endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of …

Orbicella franksi has larger, conical corallites of unequal sizes and septa of similar size. Paramontastraea salebrosa and Astrea curta have corallites of similar size; the latter has similar morphological variations.

Orbicella faveolata, commonly known as mountainous star coral, is a colonial stony coral in the family Merulinidae. Orbicella faveolata is native to the coral coast of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and is listed as "endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of …

6 天之前 · We, NOAA Fisheries, designate critical habitat for five threatened Caribbean coral species, Orbicella annularis, O. faveolata, O. franksi, Dendrogyra cylindrus, and Mycetophyllia ferox, pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Orbicella faveolataa is commonly referred to as the mountainous star coral, and was previously known as Montastraea faveolata. This is a very large species of coral, referred to as reef-building corals (Fig. 1), their colony sizes are usually from 0.3-3m in height. This coral varies in size, colour, and shape.

Orbicella faveolata Showing corallite detail. Caribbean Electronmicrograph: Ann Budd.

Orbicella is a genus of stony corals in the Merulinidae family. The Orbicella species complex comprises three sister species, namely Orbicella faveolata, Orbicella annularis and Orbicella franksi, all of which are shallow-water, zooxanthellate species and are native to the tropical western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

2017年3月13日 · Orbicella faveolata is an important reef-building coral that forms large mountainous colonies. Juvenile corals are rather mundane, while adult colonies can grow to an impressive size. Orbicella grows by encrusting. A new colony can start from a single polyp which grows outward from the base.

Subject to a recent name change (previously known as Montastrea faveolata), Orbicella faveolata was distinguished from Orbicella annularis in 1994. Commonly known Mountainous star coral, colonies of this species are large and can vary considerably in appearance.

2015年2月17日 · We examined the growth and calcification of Orbicella faveolata, an ecologically important subspecies of the O. annularis complex, at both an inshore and an offshore reef site representing this dichotomy of present-day coral cover.