Pseudodiploria strigosa

Pseudodiploria strigosa

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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Mussidae
Genus: Pseudodiploria
Species:
P. strigosa
Binomial name
Pseudodiploria strigosa
(Dana, 1846)
Synonyms
List
  • Coeloria strigosa (Dana, 1846)
  • Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1846)
  • Maeandrina strigosa Dana, 1846 [lapsus]
  • Meandrina strigosa Dana, 1846

Pseudodiploria strigosa, the symmetrical brain coral, is a colonial species of stony coral in the family Mussidae. It occurs on reefs in shallow water in the West Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. It grows slowly and lives to a great age.