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By Bob Fenner
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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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