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Orbicella faveolata : ウィキペディア英語版 | Orbicella faveolata
''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''. ==Description==
Colonies of this coral are solid and very large, forming a mound with a skirt. The surface is smooth and undulating, with small lumps, bulges or lobes. The corallites, the stony cups in which the polyps sit, are about in diameter and cover the entire surface of the coral. The colour is usually pale brown but may be deep brown with fluorescent green highlights. This coral is similar to the closely related ''Orbicella annularis'' and ''Orbicella franksi'', but the former has more distinct nodules or small columns and the latter has a more irregular, lumpy surface.〔
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