← Back

Grooved Brain Coral

Diploria labyrinthiformis

Classification

Family
Faviidae

Diploria is a monotypic genus of massive reef building stony corals in the family Mussidae. It is represented by a single species, Diploria labyrinthiformis, commonly known as grooved brain coral, and is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. It has a familiar, maze-like appearance.

Distribution

(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Loading map…
Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 313United States of America · 307France · 269United Kingdom · 139Cuba · 69Mexico · 59