Tim Laman / Split level of Brain coral growing around the underwater portions of Red mangrove roots {Rhizophora mangle} on offshore mangrove island, Tunicate Cove, Belize.

Doug Perrine / Wrasse blenny {Hemiemblemaria simulus} in giant brain coral, Bahamas, mimics cleaning wrasse

Juergen Freund / Arrow crab on brain coral {Stenorhynchus seticornis} Caribbean Sea, Cuba

Doug Perrine / Giant brain coral provides shelter for Grunts and Squirrelfish, Florida Keys, USA.

Michael Pitts / Brain coral on coral reef Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

Doug Perrine / Queen angelfish {Holacanthus ciliaris} over brain coral, Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean (Non-ex).

Jeff Rotman / Close up of Brain coral {Diplora strigosa} Caribbean

Juergen Freund / Brain coral (Diploria labyrinthiformis). Caribbean

Juergen Freund / Diver on coral reef near Brain coral, Caribbean

Shane Gross / Marine biologist measuring Brain coral (Colpophyllia natans), ongoing program to monitor and restore coral reefs in The Bahamas. Eleuthera, Bahamas. 2017.

Pascal Kobeh / Symmetrical brain coral (Diploria sp), close up, in coral reef with many fish. Flores Sea, Indonesia.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Brain coral, Green Island, a small volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean, Taiwan