Florent's Guide To The

South Florida Reefs

Boulder Star Coral
Boulder Star Coral
Scientific Name: Montastraea franksi
Order: Scleractinia
Category: Stony Corals
Size: Colony 1 to 10 ft. (0.3 to 3 m)  
Depth: 6-130 ft. (2-40 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Note: Previously classified as a variation of Montastraea annularis

Corals
Stony Corals

Boulder Star Coral

Great Star Coral

Smooth Star Coral

Elliptical Star Coral

Golfball Coral

Mustard Hill Coral

Massive Starlet Coral

Lesser Starlet Coral

Symmetrical Brain Coral

Knobby Brain Coral

Grooved Brain Coral

Boulder Brain Coral

Maze Coral

Whitevalley Maze Coral

Rose Coral

Fragile Saucer Coral

Sunray Lettuce Coral

Lettuce Coral

Scaled Lettuce Coral

Low Relief Lettuce Coral

Ridged Cactus Coral

Knobby Cactus Coral

Rough Cactus Coral

Rough Star Coral

Artichoke/Solitary Disk Coral

Atlantic Mushroom Coral

Spiny Flower Coral

Smooth Flower Coral

Orange Cup Coral

Staghorn Coral

Elkhorn Coral

Clubtip Finger Coral

Branched Finger Coral

Thin Finger Coral

Pillar Coral

Diffuse Ivory Bush Coral

Yellow Pencil Coral

Ten-Ray Star Coral

Blushing Star Coral

Lobed Star Coral

Mountainous Star Coral

Gorgonians
Hydrocorals
Black Corals


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