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Symmetrical Brain Coral

Pseudodiploria strigosa

Classification

Family
Faviidae

Pseudodiploria strigosa, the symmetrical brain coral, is a colonial species of stony coral in the family Mussidae. It occurs on reefs in shallow water in the West Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. It grows slowly and lives to a great age.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 994Netherlands · 314Mexico · 227United Kingdom · 225France · 154Cuba · 51