Pseudodiploria strigosa

Pseudodiploria strigosa

Secure  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Mussidae
Genus: Pseudodiploria
Species:
P. strigosa
Binomial name
Pseudodiploria strigosa
(Dana, 1846) [3]
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.

  1. ^ Rodríguez-Martínez, R.; Banaszak, A.; Crabbe, J.; Vermeij, M. (2022). "Diploria strigosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T133155A165745174. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  3. ^ van der Land, Jacob (2012). "Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1846)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-09-10.