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Honeycomb Coral

Gardineroseris planulata

Classification

Diploastrea heliopora, commonly known as diploastrea brain coral or honeycomb coral among other vernacular names, is a species of hard coral in the family Diploastreidae. It is the only extant species in its genus. This species can form massive dome-shaped colonies of great size.

Distribution

Amjad F, Ahusan M, Amir H, de Villiers N, Gress E, Mah C, Naeem S, Rico-Seijo N, Samaai T, Afzal M, Woodall L, Stefanoudis P · CC BY
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