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Family
Faviidae
TROPICAL
WESTERN ATLANTIC
Colpophyllia
natans
BOULDER
BRAIN CORAL
Locally
common on shallow reefs. Forms large hemispherical colonies or
encrusting, ridges incised by a thin groove, uniform brown or gray,
rarely with green valleys. Surface features are
larger than Diploria. Bermuda, Florida to Venezuela &
the Gulf of Mexico.
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