Brain Coral, Lobophyllia recta (Dana, 1846)

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This coral is from the group of corals called brain corals because the sinuous folding shapes of their surface look rather like the surface of a brain. This species, <em>Lobophyllia recta</em>, belongs to a family called the lobo or lobed brain corals. These are stony corals that build a hard skeleton of calcium carbonate. While the hard dry skeleton is all that is seen here, when alive it would