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Massive Starlet Coral

Aspect:  Appears as a light brown, or brown, solid boulder-shaped mass of tight, small and deeply pitted corallites. 
Population: Common.
Notable feature: Corallites are relatively small, funnel shaped, and bordered by some 28 septa, the outer edges of which (the costae) penetrate those of a neighbouring polyp septa array in a manner reminiscent of cogworks.
Environment: Relatively shetered areas at depths of between 3 and 20 metres.
Behaviour: -
  • French designation: Corail Lisse à Petites Etoiles
  • Latin designation: Siderastrea siderea
  • Creole designation: -
  • Latin family: Siderastreidae
  • Size (cm): 100+