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Family Siderastreidae

WESTERN ATLANTIC

Siderastrea radians

Benwood wreck, Key Largo, FL, 40 feet

cropped

LESSER STARLET CORAL

Common on shallow reefs.  Dome-shaped, light brown, with deep, flat-bottomed calices 3mm wide with strong ribs of 3 distinct sizes, flat area around calices indistinct.  Bermuda & North Carolina to Venezuela & the Gulf of Mexico and West Africa.