
''Orbicella annularis'', commonly known as the boulder star coral, is a species of coral that lives in the western Atlantic Ocean and is the most thoroughly studied and most abundant species of reef-building coral in the Caribbean to date. It also has a comprehensive fossil record within the Caribbean. This species complex has long been considered a generalist that exists at depths between 0 and 80 meters that grew into varying colony shapes in response to differing light conditions. Only recently.. more
Similar species: Stony Corals
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Uploaded Dec 18, 2019. Captured Jan 4, 2008 17:00 in Unnamed Road, Kralendijk, Caribbean Netherlands.
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