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Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772), Symmetrical Brain Coral. Large roundish to hemispherical colonies or encrusting. Long snake-like valleys. Septa short, equal and pointing out. A fine ambulacral groove runs along the top between corallite walls, and a further line can be seen midway down the valleys. Providenciales, Grand Turk 07.

Diploria strigosa (Dana 1848). Massive domes or encrusting plates. Valleys spaced 6-9 mm. apart. The tops of convoluted near-equally spaced ridges are smooth. Providenciales, Grand Turk 07.

Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus 1758). Typically hemispherical in appearance. Often with some valleys being parallel, spaced about 5-8 mm. apart, trough-like, appear double-walled. Providenciales, Grand Turk 07.

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