Common name of Orbicella faveolata
 
Common Name Mountainous star coral
Language English
Type AFS
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country Canada
Locality
Ref. Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko, 2003
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st Modifier morphology
2nd Modifier mod. for size
Remarks 'coral' from Middle English, Anglo-French, Latin 'corallium'; from Greek 'korallion'.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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