Symmetrical Brain Coral

Description:

Photo take at -45 ft on a coral reef this is the most common of all the brain corals in this area. Colonies form smoothly contoured plates to hemispherical domes, up to 1.8 m in diameter. The surfaces of the colonies have long valleys, which are often connected and usually convoluted, except near the colony's edge. Ridges evenly rounded, usually without a top groove, although occasionally with an extremely fine groove, especially near the colony's edge. The costae between adjacent corallites are continuous, and all costae are equal in thickness. Valleys are highly convoluted and often interconnected. Green to brown, yellow-brown and bluish gray; valleys often lighter or have a contrasting color.

Habitat:

Inhabit many marine environments, down to 40 m. Abundant on all the Caribbean sea, Central America to north Brazil