Giant mobile coralliths from the Florida Keys, USA
by William F Precht, Mark R Patterson, Peter W Glynn
Large colonies of spherical, free-living Solenastrea bournoni corals (coralliths), measuring over 1 m in diameter, have been observed in the Florida Keys. Given the shallow nature of the corallith habitat and the frequent occurrence of tropical storms in south Florida, researchers have theorized that the powerful forces produced by these storm waves breaking in shallow waters could be responsible for the formation of these unusually large coralliths.
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