Brain Coral – IUCN Conservations Status: Least Concern It easily took hundreds…of years to form this brain coral This is a photo of a massive colony of brain coral taken in Key Largo, Florida. In fact, this was the largest colony I knew about in the whole Florida Keys reef tract, until it’s recent death. This whole […]
Staghorn coral spawns once a year in the late summer This is a photo of staghorn coral spawning. It was taken at the Coral Restoration Foundation nursery off Tavernier, Florida. Staghorn coral spawns once a year in the late summer, in the middle of the night. These corals broadcast spawn, meaning that male and female corals release their […]
Dendrogyra Cylindrus – IUCN Conservation Status: Critically Endangered This pillar coral was at the core of bio site 7 Dendrogyra cylindrus a.k.a. pillar coral is found in the Caribbean Sea and the western Atlantic Ocean. This particular structure is found in the Dominican Republic southwest of Bayahibe. I took this photo in 2011 as part […]