SM1151 Orbicella franksi
Insitu Images
Exsitu Images
Key Details
| SMID | SM1151 |
| Catami | Stony corals: Foliose / plate |
| Identification Features | Colonies can be massive, encrusting or flat; at mesophotic depths in Bermuda they are predominantly the latter, forming thick plates or encrustations with uneven surfaces. Occasionally scattered with small lumps. Colour ranges from grey to green-brown and yellow-brown. |
| Year Identified | no data |
| Verification Status | ID from Image Only |
| Physical Sample | no data |
| WoRMS AphiaID | 758262 |
Taxonomy
| Phylum | Cnidaria |
| Class | Anthozoa |
| Order | Scleractinia |
| Family | Merulinidae |
| Genus | Orbicella |
| Species | Orbicella franksi |
Morphology
| Cnidaria |
| Corals |
| Stony corals |
| Colonial |
| Foliose / plate |
| - |
| - |