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While staghorn corals grow rapidly to gain new territory, slow-growing brain corals rely on brawn. They hold their ground by being solid and strong enough to withstand the storms that pound more delicate corals to rubble.
Giant Brain Coral Colpophyllia natans
Giant brain coral grows as giant domes or extensive thick crusts and can live for more than 100 years.
Brain coral (Platygyra daedalea)
This coral gains its common name from the colony’s meandering, brain-like pattern of brown walls, separated by grey or green... More 1 Image 1 Video ...
Labyrinthine Brain Coral Diploria labyrinthiformis
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Colpophyllia amaranthus (O. F. Müller, 1775)
Colpophyllia breviserialis (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1849)
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772) -- boulder brain coral
Genus Cyphastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848 ...
closed brain coral (Favites sp.)
common urchin (Echinometra mathaei)
condylactis anemone (Condylactis sp.)
coral banded shrimp (Stenopus hispidus)
corkscrew tentacle anemone (Macrodactyla doreensis)
crinoid (Himerometra palmata) ...
In the brain corals, for example, each theca merges with the one next to it on either side, forming long rows of polyps separated by deep channels. In some of the branching corals the polyps occupy small, discrete pits on the surface of the skeleton.
Brain coral is dome-shaped with irregular surface patterns.
Table coral looks like you could set it for dinner.
Tube sponges resemble smoke stacks.
Chalice sponges are shaped like a short-stemmed wine glass.
(Anthopleura artemesia), Burrowing Anenome (Pachycerianthus fimbriatus), Giant Green Anenome (Anthopleura xanthogrammica), Leathery Sea Anenome (Heteractis crispa), Pink Tip Anenome, Rose Anenome (Cribrinopsis Fernaldi), Bubble Coral, Brain Coral, ...
 See also: Coral, Sea Lion, Lion, Iguana, Andean cat
  
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