---
title: "Mountainous Star Coral"
description: "Orbicella faveolata — Other animals. Orbicella faveolata, commonly known as mountainous star coral, is a colonial stony coral in the family Merulinidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/mountainous-star-coral
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mountainous Star Coral

> Orbicella faveolata — Other animals. Orbicella faveolata, commonly known as mountainous star coral, is a colonial stony coral in the family Merulinidae.

- Scientific name: *Orbicella faveolata*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 1940
- Wikidata: [Q59421152](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59421152)
- iNaturalist taxon: [503516](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/503516)

## Names

- en: Mountainous Star Coral
- es: Coral estrella montaña
- fr: Corail-étoilé à bosses

## Countries with the most observations

MX (194), KY (127), HN (98), US (92), CU (72), BZ (71), PR (67), CW (61), DO (61), MQ (55), VI (53), GP (41)

## Summary

Orbicella faveolata, commonly known as mountainous star coral, is a colonial stony coral in the family Merulinidae. Orbicella faveolata is native to the coral coast of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. O. faveolata was formerly known as Montastraea faveolata.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbicella_faveolata

## Photo

![Mountainous Star Coral](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mountainous-star-coral/medium.jpg)

Photo: Al Kordesch · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19282470

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mountainous-star-coral?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).