Brain Corals

Brain corals are apparently named for
their superficial alledged resemblence to
human brains. I think they're much prettier
from the photos I've seen. They are generally
large polyp stony corals, mostly living
independently on sand bottoms, though some
grow to form immense colonies.
As a general rule, they do not require
the high light such as SPS corals do.
I consider most of them fairly easy to keep.

Favia	Favites
Carpet Lobophyllia	Trachyphyllia

Red Lobophyllia

Favites

Trachyphyllia

Trachyphyllia	Trachyphyllia
Favia	Favites
Trachyphyllia / Favites	Favites
Lobophyllia	Green Trachyphyllia
Trachyphyllia	Trachyphyllia

Platygyra ("Worm Brain")

Wellsophyllia

Wellsophyllia

Trachyphyllia and Lobophyllia

Coral Identification Index

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