Grooved brain coral
Diploria labyrinthiformis
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: CR - Critically Endangered - facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Faviidae
- Genus
- Diploria
Where to Find
Found in 49 diving areas across 27 countries and 5 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 10 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 9 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 73 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 302 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 66 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 6 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 6 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 25 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 5 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 858 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 667 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 99 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 77 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 53 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 25 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 11 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 6 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 17 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 1 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 1 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 32 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 28 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 17 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 546 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 320 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 304 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 159 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 23 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 520 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 880 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 172 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 145 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 116 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 30 records
- Utila, Honduras - 129 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 6 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 25 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 65 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 1888 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 26 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 5 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records