> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md) **Phylum**:: [Cnidaria](Cnidaria.md) **Subphylum**:: [Anthozoa](Anthozoa.md) **Superclass**:: **Class**:: [Hexacorallia](Hexacorallia.md) **Subclass**:: **Superorder**:: **Order**:: [Scleractinia](Scleractinia.md) **Suborder**:: **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Montastraeidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Montastraea **Species**:: M. cavernosa **Vernacular**:: Great star coral ## Photos  *[109 - 2023-02-26 - Coucoune - Saint Pierre - Martinique](109%20-%202023-02-26%20-%20Coucoune%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md)*  *[109 - 2023-02-26 - Coucoune - Saint Pierre - Martinique](109%20-%202023-02-26%20-%20Coucoune%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - Those two pictures was took during the same dive, but still not sure that they belongs to the same specie. I saw the fish on it after taking the picture. It seems to be a Tripterygion delaisi (xanthosoma) male* ## Notes I'm not sure about this identification, because the animal on my photo seems to be smaller than the ones I see on that sheet: https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Montastraea-cavernosa-Grand-corail-etoile-284/(rOffset)/3 ## References - https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Montastraea-cavernosa-Grand-corail-etoile-284/(rOffset)/3