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Orbicella faveolata (Montastraea coral)

Synonyms: Madrepora faveolata; Montastraea faveolata; Montastrea faveolata

Wikipedia Abstract

Orbicella faveolata, commonly known as mountainous star coral, is a colonial stony coral in the family Merulinidae. It is native to the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and is listed as "endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. This species used to be known as Montastraea faveolata.
View Wikipedia Record: Orbicella faveolata

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Orbicella faveolata

Predators

Coralliophila caribaea (Caribbean coralsnail)[1]
Coralliophila galea (helmet coralsnail)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1del Monaco, Carlos, Estrella Villamizar, and Samuel Narciso. "Selectivity of preys of Coralliophila abbreviata and C. caribaea in coral reefs of the National Park Morrocoy, Venezuela: an experimental approximation/Selectividad de presas de Coralliophila abbreviata y C. caribaea en arrecifes coralinos del Parque Nacional Morrocoy, Venezuela: una aproximacion experimental." Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 38.1 (2010): 57+. Academic OneFile. Web. 15 July 2014.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0