Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Yellow Pencil Coral
Yellow Pencil Coral
Scientific Name: Madracis mirabilis
Order: Scleractinia
Category: Stony Corals
Size: 5 in. to 4 ft.  
Depth: 3-200 ft. (1-60 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida

Corals
Stony Corals

Yellow Pencil Coral

Rose Coral

Whitevalley Maze Coral

Maze Coral

Lobed Star Coral

Great Star Coral

Mountainous Star Coral

Boulder Star Coral

Rice Coral

Spiny Flower Coral

Knobby Cactus Coral

Rough Cactus Coral

Ridged Cactus Coral

Diffuse Ivory Bush Coral

Common Lettuce Coral

Pectinia paeonia

Pearl Bubble Coral

Bubble Coral

Antler Coral

Cauliflower Coral

Polyphyllia talpina

Mustard Hill Coral

Thin Finger Coral

Branched Finger Coral

Clubtip Finger Coral

Artichoke/Solitary Disk Coral

Atlantic Mushroom Coral

Needle Coral

Lesser Starlet Coral

Massive Starlet Coral

Smooth Star Coral

Blushing Star Coral

Symphyllia radians

Orange Cup Coral

Black Sun Coral

Acanthastrea lordhowensis

Staghorn Coral

Elkhorn Coral

Acropora subulata

Scaled Lettuce Coral

Lettuce Coral

Fragile Saucer Coral

Dimpled Sheet Coral

Low Relief Lettuce Coral

Whitestar Sheet Coral

Thin Leaf Lettuce Coral

Cladopsammia gracilis

Boulder Brain Coral

Ctenactis albitentaculata

Ctenactis echinata

Button Coral

Pillar Coral

Elliptical Star Coral

Knobby Brain Coral

Grooved Brain Coral

Symmetrical Brain Coral

Anchor Coral

Smooth Flower Coral

Golfball Coral

Fungia concinna

Common Mushroom Coral

Granular Razor Coral

Common Razor Coral

Sunray Lettuce Coral

Herpolitha limax

Rough Star Coral

Leptoseris explanata

Lithophyllon undulatum

Ten-Ray Star Coral



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