Species · Merulinidae
Bumpy star coral
Orbicella franksi (Gregory, 1895)
Cnidaria › Anthozoa › Scleractinia › Merulinidae · Common name: GBIF
Recorded at 39 ReefSeason sites, with 816 open records in total.
Photo: NOAA · Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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When it's recorded
Records by month across ReefSeason sites. A month only counts at sites where this species made that month's top list, so treat these numbers as a minimum.
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Where to find it
Cane Bay WallUS Virgin Islands · 146 recordsBuck Island (St. Thomas)US Virgin Islands · 143 recordsSalt River CanyonUS Virgin Islands · 104 recordsThree Fathom WallCayman Brac & Little Cayman · 54 recordsJackson Reef & WallCayman Brac & Little Cayman · 54 recordsMarilyn's CutCayman Brac & Little Cayman · 37 recordsAlice in Wonderland (Curaçao)Curaçao · 36 recordsGreat Wall West (Bloody Bay Wall)Cayman Brac & Little Cayman · 30 recordsGreat Wall East (Bloody Bay Wall)Cayman Brac & Little Cayman · 30 recordsRandy's GazeboCayman Brac & Little Cayman · 30 recordsGrote KnipCuraçao · 22 recordsBuck Island ReefUS Virgin Islands · 22 recordsButler Bay WrecksUS Virgin Islands · 18 recordsEagle ShoalUS Virgin Islands · 13 recordsCatacombsTurks & Caicos · 8 recordsMagic MushroomTurks & Caicos · 7 recordsThe DrivewayTurks & Caicos · 7 recordsFrederiksted PierUS Virgin Islands · 7 recordsThatch CayUS Virgin Islands · 5 recordsLa FrancesaCozumel · 4 recordsUSS KittiwakeGrand Cayman · 4 recordsDoc Poulson wreckGrand Cayman · 4 recordsLong Caye AquariumBelize · 4 recordsEden RockGrand Cayman · 3 recordsDevil's GrottoGrand Cayman · 3 recordsGrouper HoleTurks & Caicos · 3 recordsCarvel RockUS Virgin Islands · 3 recordsWestern SamboFlorida Keys · 2 recordsC-53 Felipe Xicoténcatl wreckCozumel · 2 recordsCoki PointUS Virgin Islands · 2 recordsFrench ReefFlorida Keys · 1 recordsLooe KeyFlorida Keys · 1 recordsAlligator ReefFlorida Keys · 1 recordsConch ReefFlorida Keys · 1 recordsCheeca RocksFlorida Keys · 1 recordsHilma HookerBonaire · 1 recordsKarpataBonaire · 1 recordsAlice in WonderlandBonaire · 1 recordsErmlund WreckBelize · 1 records
Taxonomy: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · Wikidata. Occurrences: GBIF.org, CC0 & CC BY 4.0 records only; each site page cites its datasets.