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TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Diploria clivosa

Fluorescent, Benwood wreck, Key Largo, 40 feet

 

Snapper Ledge, Key Largo, 30 feet

KNOBBY BRAIN CORAL

Common on shallow reefs.  Massive or encrusting, surface and ridges irregular, lacking groove at apex.  Grayish or yellowish-brown with valleys of different color.  Bermuda, Florida to Venezuela.