Summary ²

Montastraea cavernosa, the great star coral, is a colonial stony coral found in the Caribbean seas. It forms into massive boulders and sometimes develops into plates. Its polyps are the size of a human thumb and fully extend at night.

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1. (c) Carlo R Sanchez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Carlo R Sanchez
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montastraea_cavernosa

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