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Orbicella is a genus of stony corals in the Merulinidae family. The Orbicella species complex comprises three sister species, namely Orbicella faveolata, Orbicella annularis and Orbicella franksi, all of which are shallow-water, zooxanthellate species and are native to the tropical western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

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  • Orbicella es un género de corales que pertenece a la familia Merulinidae, orden Scleractinia. Es un género hermatípico, tras la muerte del coral, su esqueleto contribuye a la generación o crecimiento de los arrecifes de coral en la naturaleza. Sus especies son comunes en aguas tropicales del océano Atlántico occidental, con frecuencia el género más abundante hasta 30 metros de profundidad. No obstante, sus especies han sufrido una drástica disminución durante las últimas décadas en la mayor parte de su rango de distribución, y están clasificadas como especies amenazadas por la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza.​ (es)
  • Orbicella is a genus of stony corals in the Merulinidae family. The Orbicella species complex comprises three sister species, namely Orbicella faveolata, Orbicella annularis and Orbicella franksi, all of which are shallow-water, zooxanthellate species and are native to the tropical western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. These corals are ubiquitous and major reef-builders in the Caribbean. Their similar colony morphologies misled scientists to historically lump them into a single species, Montastraea annularis, which included three morphotypes “bumpy”, “columnar” and “massive”. These growth forms were believed to arise as a response to abiotic factors (e.g., depth, light availability). This taxonomic classification was challenged by further ecological, reproductive, genetic, and morphologic evidence, which led to the re-description of three separate species, Montastraea faveolata (massive), M. annularis (columnar) and M. franksi (bumpy). A taxonomic revision published in 2012 established that the “Montastraea annularis species complex” formed a separate clade now in the genus Orbicella with three species names (O. faveolata, O. annularis, O. franksi). O. annularis and O. faveolata are commonly called the boulder star coral and the mountainous star coral, respectively. (en)
  • Orbicella est un genre de coraux durs de la famille des Meandrinidae. (fr)
  • Orbicella is een geslacht van neteldieren uit de klasse van de Anthozoa (bloemdieren). (nl)
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  • Dana, 1846 (en)
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  • Orbicella faveolata (en)
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  • Orbicella (en)
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  • Orbicella est un genre de coraux durs de la famille des Meandrinidae. (fr)
  • Orbicella is een geslacht van neteldieren uit de klasse van de Anthozoa (bloemdieren). (nl)
  • Orbicella es un género de corales que pertenece a la familia Merulinidae, orden Scleractinia. Es un género hermatípico, tras la muerte del coral, su esqueleto contribuye a la generación o crecimiento de los arrecifes de coral en la naturaleza. (es)
  • Orbicella is a genus of stony corals in the Merulinidae family. The Orbicella species complex comprises three sister species, namely Orbicella faveolata, Orbicella annularis and Orbicella franksi, all of which are shallow-water, zooxanthellate species and are native to the tropical western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. (en)
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  • Orbicella (es)
  • Orbicella (fr)
  • Orbicella (en)
  • Orbicella (nl)
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