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Cactus Coral

Mycetophyllia lamarckiana

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Field Notes

Description:

Photo take a t -40 ft in a Caribbean reef this is a common brain shape. This species forms small round mounds, not plates, usually light brown or grey, more rarely green or brown, maximum colony diameter is about 30 cm.

Habitat:

Found on the coral reef from Florida all the Caribbean to Brazil.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)

Lets go to the Wizard Of Oz, Carol.
That is correct Karen but is soft texture and it looks like a brain coral.
ya...looks like the convolutions of brain
Looks more like a brain than a cactus to me!
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2012

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