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Mountainous Star Coral (Montastraea faveolata)
Mountainous Star Coral
(Montastraea faveolata)
Photo Credit: NOAA SEFSC
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Status
- Candidate for Endangered Species Act (ESA) listing - throughout its range
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Cnidaria
- Class: Anthozoa
- Order: Scleractinia
- Family: Faviidae
- Genus: Montastraea
- Species: faveolata
Research
- NOAA's Southeast Fisheries Science coordinated a multi-institutional effort to document coral spawning from August 26-September 1, 2010, in the upper region of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS)
- On-going Research (need to update)
Documents
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More Information
Coral Research
- Benthic Ecosystem Assessment & Research
- Acropora Corals
» Demographic Monitoring
» Acropora Disease
» Corallivores
» Fragmentation - Coral Early Life History and Climate Change Impacts
- Aquarius Coral Restoration/Resilience Experiments (ACRRE)
- Reef and Fisheries Assessment of Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge
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