Brain or coral?🧠🌊

Diploria labyrinthiformis is commonly known as grooved brain coral. This species of reef-building coral has a hemispherical, brain-like shape and interconnected double valleys.

Diploria’s valleys are long and narrow, with a groove along each wide wall, usually as wide and deep as the valley. There can be color differences between the valleys and grooves.

1,2 📷 Corpus Christi Museum
3,4 📷 University of Warwick

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