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Family
Faviidae
TROPICAL
WESTERN ATLANTIC
Diploria
strigosa
SYMMETRICAL
BRAIN CORAL
Common on
shallow reefs. Forms smooth hemispherical colonies or encrusting,
flowing ridges lack groove at apex. Yellowish, greenish, or
purplish-brown with gray or green valleys. Surface features
smaller than Colpophyllia natans.
Bermuda, Florida to Venezuela & the Southern Gulf of Mexico.
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