diploria is a monotypic genus of massive reef building stony corals in the family mussidae

amazing appearance art artistic atlantic becomes brain broadcast brown building caribbean colour commonly coral corals design designer diploria during familiar family form found genus grey grooved hemispherical hermaphroditic its known labyrinthiformis larval like locomotion massive maze monotypic mussidae natural nature ocean offshore permanently planktonic reef represented reproduces sea sessile shape shapes single spawning species stage stony through time western yellow