Diploria is a monotypic genus of massive reef building stony corals in the family Mussidae. It is represented by a single species, Diploria labyrinthiformis, commonly known as grooved brain coral, and
Brain coral
Grooved brain coral, Caribbean Sea, Vieques, Puerto Rico
Grooved brain coral with black band disease in Caribbean Sea, Bahia de la Chiva, Puerto Rico
Brain coral is a common name given to various corals in the families Mussidae and Merulinidae, so called due to their generally spheroid shape and grooved surface, which resembles a brain. Each head o
Diploria
…stamps: a 75 cent Belizean stamp created by Georges Declercq, a 15 cent stamp from United States issued 1980-08-26 and a 54 Euro cent stamp from Mayotte. Brain coral Colpophyllia natans (large-grooved brain coral…