Diploria is a monotypic genus of massive reef building stony corals in the family Mussidae. [3] [4] [5] [6] It is represented by a single species, Diploria labyrinthiformis, commonly known as grooved brain coral and is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. [7] [2] [8] [9] It has a familiar, ...

Diploria labyrinthiformis Description 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 is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.

Diploria labyrinthiformis is a reef building coral that, along with numerous other coral species, aids in creating a biodiversity-rich habitat for innumerable other coral reef animals. It is found in the Caribbean, the Bahamas, southern Florida, and Bermuda (Humann, 1993). In Bermuda, D. labyrinthiformis most commonly ...

Diploria labyrinthiformis, also known as the grooved brain coral, is a brown or yellow hemispherical-shaped reef-building coral occurring in the Caribbean, the Bahamas, southern Florida, and Bermuda (Humann, 1993). It is most commonly found on offshore reefs at depths between 1 and 30 meters, growing to about 2 meters in ...

Diplo­ria labyrinthi­formis grows through­out the year around Bermuda and in other areas off the Car­ribean. This coral can live in high areas of sed­i­ments. Mem­bers of the genus Diplo­ria are found in high abun­dance on Bermuda's reefs when com­pared to other corals.