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Atlantic Mushroom Coral

Scolymia lacera

Classification

Family
Faviidae

Scolymia lacera, the fleshy disk coral, is a species of stony coral in the family Mussidae. It occurs on reefs in shallow waters in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas, Bermuda and southern Florida. Description Scolymia lacera is a coral with a single, solitary polyp and does not increase in size by budding as do colonial species of coral.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Cuba · 13United States of America · 11Netherlands · 3Mexico · 1United Kingdom · 1