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Montastraea is a
genus of
colonial stony coral found in the
Caribbean seas. It is the only
genus in the
monotypic family Montastraeidae and
contains a...
- O. faveolata, and O. franksi. This
coral was
originally described as
Montastraea annularis. Rodríguez-Martínez, R.; Hoeksema, B.; Rivera-Sosa, A.; Croquer...
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three members of this
species complex used to be
placed in the
genus Montastraea.
Colonies of
Orbicella franksi usually form m****ive
clumps with uneven...
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morphologies misled scientists to
historically lump them into a
single species,
Montastraea annularis,
which included three morphotypes “bumpy”, “columnar” and “m****ive”...
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Union for
Conservation of Nature. O.
faveolata was
formerly known as
Montastraea faveolata.
Colonies of this
coral are
solid and very large,
forming a...
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substrate and
starting new colonies. Even such m****ive
corals as
Montastraea annularis have been
shown to be
capable of
forming new
colonies after...
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Knowlton (2001). "Repo****tion of Zooxant****ae in the
Caribbean Corals Montastraea annularis and M.
faveolata following Experimental and Disease-****ociated...
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sixty species of
coral living in Bonaire's reef.
Boulder Star
Coral (
Montastraea annularis) is the most
common coral,
according to a 2011 survey. In 2011...
- dead corals. Most of the
structure of
patch reefs is
formed from star (
Montastraea annularis,
Siderastrea siderea) and
brain corals (Diploria spp.). Other...
- Knowlton, N. (2001). "Repo****tion of Zooxant****ae in the
Caribbean Corals Montastraea annularis and M.
faveolata following Experimental and Disease-****ociated...
