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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Mussidae |
| Genus: | Diploria Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848 |
| Species: | D. labyrinthiformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
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List (Species)
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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, maze-like appearance.
- ^ Goergen, L.; Rodríguez-Martínez, R.; Miller, M.; Crabbe, J.; Banaszak, A.; Vermeij, M. (2022). "Diploria labyrinthiformis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T133257A165799250. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
- ^ Grooved Brain Coral, Diploria labyrinthiformis. Retrieved 2011-12-25.
- ^ Coralpedia - Diploria labyrinthiformis. Retrieved 2011-12-25.
- ^ Diploria labyrinthiformis (grooved brain coral) | Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2011-12-25.
- ^ Marine Species Identification Portal : Grooved brain coral - Diploria labyrinthiformis. Retrieved 2011-12-25.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
- ^ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Grooved brain coral - Diploria labyrinthiformis". Species-identification.org. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- ^ "Diploria labyrinthiformis (grooved brain coral) | Natural History Museum". Nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-12-19.