Symmetrical Brain Coral Pseudodiploria strigosa

Photo: Sylvia van Leeuwen

Classification

Mussidae [family]

Pseudodiploria [genus] (2)

strigosa [species]

Classification

Mussidae [family]

Pseudodiploria [genus] (2)

strigosa [species]

Names

English name	Symmetrical Brain Coral
Valid name	Pseudodiploria strigosa (Dana, 1846)
Synonym sensu lato	Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1846)

Classification

Animalia [kingdom] Animals
- Cnidaria [phylum] Cnidarians
  - Anthozoa [class] Gorgonians, Corals and Anemones
    - Hexacorallia [subclass] Stony Corals
      - Scleractinia [order] Stony Corals
        
        Mussidae [family]
        
        Pseudodiploria Fukami, Budd & Knowlton, 2012 [genus]
        
        Pseudodiploria strigosa (Dana, 1846) [species] Symmetrical Brain Coral