Corales duros del Caribe de Costa Rica

Los corales son animales coloniales con colores brillantes y llamativos. Algunas especies se relacionan estrechamente con pequeñas algas que viven en su interior (relación simbiótica). Son organismos que requieren de la luz, por lo que es común encontrarlas en aguas poco profundas.

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Coral mostaza 1
Porites astreoides
Coral de dedos 1
Porites furcata
Coral de dedos 2
Porites porites
Coral estrella menor 3
Siderastrea radians
Coral estrella masiva 3
Siderastrea siderea
Coral lechuga 4
Agaricia agaricites
Coral de plato 3
Agaricia fragilis
Coral cerebro de valles estrechos
Colpophyllia breviserialis
Coral cerebro de valles amplios 3
Colpophyllia natans
Diploria clivosa 11
Pseudodiploria clivosa
Coral cerebro estriado 12
Diploria labyrinthiformis
Diploria strigosa 13
Pseudodiploria strigosa
Coral bola de golf 3
Favia fragum
Coral rosal 14
Manicina areolata
Montastraea annularis 15
Orbicella annularis
Coral de Orugas
Dichocoenia stellaris
Dichocoenia stokesi 3
Dichocoenia stokesii
Coral laberinto 3
Meandrina meandrites
Isophyllastrea rigida 6
Isophyllia rigida

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