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Genus Diploastrea Matthai 1914. One species. /WA Corals: massive to
encrusting • forms very large colonies with large round corallites • even polyps
tightly packed • thick septa • extratentacular budding
Some folks place this genus in the family Diploastreidae
| Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck 1816). Dome
shaped colonies with a smooth appearance. Corallites as small cones
of thick walls, and small opening for columellae. One in Bunaken,
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Genus Diploria Milne Edwards and Haime 1848. Massive,
meandroid colonies. Columellae (centers of corallites) are interlinked
with ridges. All tropical West Atlantic. See also the genus
Pseudodiploria.
| 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, with deeply incision on walls. Gray or tan in color. At right in Bonaire. Below, a boulder being shared
with a Montastrea in Belize, and Bahamas and Grand Turks
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