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Updated 3/26/2020

Family Faviidae

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Pseudodploria clivosa

Fluorescent, Benwood, 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.  Formerly known as Diploria clivosa.