Great Star Coral

Description:

Photo take at -35 ft on a coral reef , this is a common coral on the Caribbean reef´s.Colonies usually form massive boulders and domes, but occasionally develop into plates or sheets, especially in deep water. Colonies up to 2.5 m in diameter. The surface is covered with distinctive, blister-like, corallites, shades of green, brown, yellow-brown and gray.

Habitat:

Inhabit most reef environments, down to 90 m, and are often the predominant coral between 12 and 30 m. Polyps are generally retracted during the day, but extend prominently at night. Found from Florida all the Caribbean sea to north Brazil.