Great Star Coral

Description:

Photo take at -40 ft in a Caribbean reef. is a colonial stony coral found in the Caribbean sea This coral occasionally has a fluorescent red or orange color during daytime.Colonies are commonly quite small, up to 50 cm across, sometimes conical, and sometimes taller than they are wide, Polyps may be slightly fleshy or puffy in appearance during daylight, and tentacles may occasionally be extended.This species has a wide range of colour, and centres commonly have a contrasting colour to the rest of the coral.

Habitat:

Found from Florida all The Caribbean sea to Brazil.