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title: "Knobby brain coral"
description: "Pseudodiploria clivosa — Altri animali. Pseudodiploria clivosa, the knobby brain coral, is a colonial species of stony coral in the family Mussidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/knobby-brain-coral
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Knobby brain coral

> Pseudodiploria clivosa — Altri animali. Pseudodiploria clivosa, the knobby brain coral, is a colonial species of stony coral in the family Mussidae.

- Scientific name: *Pseudodiploria clivosa*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1251
- Wikidata: [Q25382279](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25382279)
- iNaturalist taxon: [504640](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/504640)

## Names

- en: Knobby brain coral
- es: Coral cerebro nudoso
- fr: Corail-cerveau bosselé

## Countries with the most observations

US (187), MX (97), PR (68), JM (66), KY (45), HN (43), DO (36), CW (33), BS (32), PA (25), BZ (22), CR (21)

## Summary

Pseudodiploria clivosa, the knobby brain coral, is a colonial species of stony coral in the family Mussidae. It occurs in shallow water in the West Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.

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

## Photo

![Knobby brain coral](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/knobby-brain-coral/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daniel Estabrooks · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/300679093

## Machine access

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