SEVPAC 2024

Signalment:Orbicella faveolata (formerly Montastraea faveolata), a stony coral located in the Kristin Jacobs Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area.

History:The colony showed signs of tissue death and loss consistent with the field definition of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) in 2018, with a cumulative total loss of approximately 60% of live tissue coverage by July of 2021.