Florent's Guide To The

South Florida Reefs

Lobed Star Coral
Orbicella annularis
Lobed Star Coral
Category: Stony Corals
Scientific Name: Orbicella annularis
Synonyms: Montastraea annularis
Size: Colony 1 to 10 ft. (0.3 to 3 m)  
Depth: 6-130 ft. (2-40 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Note: Previously thought to be a variation of Boulder Star Coral.
Cnidaria (Phylum)
└Anthozoa (Subphylum)
 └Hexacorallia (Class)
  └Scleractinia (Order)
   └Merulinidae (Family)
    └Orbicella (Genus)

Corals
Stony Corals

Lobed Star Coral

Mountainous Star Coral

Boulder Star Coral

Great Star Coral

Diffuse Ivory Bush Coral

Ten-Ray Star Coral

Yellow Pencil Coral

Mustard Hill Coral

Thin Finger Coral

Branched Finger Coral

Clubtip Finger Coral

Lesser Starlet Coral

Massive Starlet Coral

Smooth Star Coral

Staghorn Coral

Elkhorn Coral

Scaled Lettuce Coral

Lettuce Coral

Purple Lettuce Coral

Fragile Saucer Coral

Low Relief Lettuce Coral

Sunray Lettuce Coral

Blushing Star Coral

Speckled Cup Coral

Orange Cup Coral

Boulder Brain Coral

Grooved Brain Coral

Golfball Coral

Rose Coral

Knobby Brain Coral

Symmetrical Brain Coral

Rough Star Coral

Spiny Flower Coral

Knobby Cactus Coral

Rough Cactus Coral

Ridged Cactus Coral

Artichoke/Solitary Disk Coral

Atlantic Mushroom Coral

Pillar Coral

Elliptical Star Coral

Smooth Flower Coral

Whitevalley Maze Coral

Maze Coral



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