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title: "Symmetrical Brain Coral"
description: "Pseudodiploria strigosa — Other animals. Pseudodiploria strigosa, the symmetrical brain coral, is a colonial species of stony coral in the family Mussidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/symmetrical-brain-coral
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Symmetrical Brain Coral

> Pseudodiploria strigosa — Other animals. Pseudodiploria strigosa, the symmetrical brain coral, is a colonial species of stony coral in the family Mussidae.

- Scientific name: *Pseudodiploria strigosa*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 3419
- Wikidata: [Q14191622](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14191622)
- iNaturalist taxon: [504639](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/504639)

## Names

- en: Symmetrical Brain Coral
- es: Coral cerebro
- fr: Corail-cerveau symétrique

## Countries with the most observations

MX (426), KY (166), PR (161), CW (147), BZ (103), BM (102), US (99), VI (97), HN (89), DO (80), GP (80), BS (76)

## Summary

Pseudodiploria strigosa, the symmetrical brain coral, is a colonial species of stony coral in the family Mussidae. It occurs on reefs in shallow water in the West Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. It grows slowly and lives to a great age.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudodiploria_strigosa

## Photo

![Symmetrical Brain Coral](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/symmetrical-brain-coral/medium.jpg)

Photo: Al Kordesch · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19219047

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/symmetrical-brain-coral?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).