Brain coral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brain coral is a common name given to corals in the family Faviidae so called due to their generally spheroid shape and grooved surface which resembles an animal brain. Each head of coral is formed...
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Grooved Brain Coral; © Joe Seger ... Grooved Brain Coral - Diploria labrynthiformis ... The grooved brain coral appears tan, yellow-brown, or brownish gray. Commonly inhabiting the seaward slope of the reef, it ranges from 15-50 feet (4.6-15.2 m) in depth.
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www.flmnh.ufl.edu/FISH/southflorida/coral/profiles.html
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/FISH/southflorida/coral/profiles.html
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This ultra closeup of a Brain Coral shows the detail of the ridges and grooves on this stony coral. The Brain Coral is called a stony coral because these animals build a hard skeleton out of calcium carbonate using minerals the animals get from the ocean water.
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www.reefnews.com/reefnews/photos/corals/brain2.html
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This fleshy boulder-shaped hard coral that resembles a brain is often seen on many of our Southern shores. Features: Colonies seen about 15-20cm, sometimes larger, hemispherical and rather flat. Corallites are large ... more photos of grooved brain corals on Singapore shores; part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5;
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White grooved brain coral ... This fleshy boulder-shaped hard coral with striking white portions is often seen on many of our Southern shores. Features: Colonies seen about 15-20cm, hemispherical and rather flat. Corallites are large (2-5cm) ... more photos of white grooved brain corals on Singapore shores; part 1 | part 2;
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Here’s another shot from the beautiful Mushroom forest, that’s a big Grooved Brain Coral on the bottom, a cluster of Purple Stove Pipe Sponges at the top and the gray ball is a Black Ball Sponge.Â...
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Colpophyllia natans (Boulder Brain Coral, Large Grooved Brain Coral) ... Atlantic reef corals, a handbook of the common reef and shallow-water corals of Bermuda, Florida, the West Indies, and Brazil; photos. by Fredrick M. Bayer. [Coral Gables]University of Miami Press1948. ... Boulder Brain Coral, Large Grooved Brain Coral...
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Corbis singles 022 (crbs022) > Whitespotted Filefish Passing Coral (crbs0220915) ... 640 x 427 ... Whitespotted Filefish Passing Coral photo...
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