Diploria labyrinthiformis

Diploria is a monotypic genus of massive reef building stony corals in the family Mussidae. It is represented by a single species, Diploria labyrinthiformis, commonly known as grooved brain coral, and is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. It has a familiar, maze-like appearance.

Diploria labyrinthiformis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
DiploriaPBDB
Diet
photosymbiotic, suspension feederPBDB, for Faviina
Life habit
colonial, clonalPBDB, for Faviina
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Faviina
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Scleractinia

Time the record covers

At least 5.3 million years on record.

The record covers at least 5.333 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 134 occurrencesMiocene — about 1 of 134 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 14 of 134 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 112 of 134 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 3 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 3 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 4 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 6 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 8 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 8 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 100 occurrences5.333 Mya11.7 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

134 occurrences of Diploria labyrinthiformis on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

134 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

15 formations

Ironshore — 19.65°N, 80.10°WIronshore — 19.38°N, 81.37°WIronshore — 19.35°N, 81.08°WIronshore — 19.28°N, 81.38°WIronshore — 19.27°N, 81.33°WSan Luis — 12.50°N, 81.72°WSan Luis — 12.57°N, 81.72°WHato — 12.28°N, 69.07°WHato — 12.37°N, 69.10°WHato — 12.23°N, 69.02°WHato — 12.17°N, 68.88°WHato — 12.20°N, 69.08°WHato — 12.13°N, 68.98°WQuebrada Chocolate — 9.98°N, 83.08°WKey Largo Limestone — 25.13°N, 80.38°WKey Largo Limestone — 24.93°N, 80.58°WMoin — 10.00°N, 83.03°WMoin — 10.00°N, 83.07°WIsla Colon — 9.37°N, 82.23°WIsla Colon — 9.42°N, 82.27°WUrraca — 9.38°N, 82.24°WUrraca — 9.45°N, 82.30°WPort Morant — 17.87°N, 76.32°WManchioneal — 18.18°N, 76.42°WHope Gate — 18.47°N, 77.40°WSwan Cay — 9.43°N, 82.30°WSan Andres — 12.53°N, 81.70°WBlanquilla — 11.85°N, 64.62°WKey Largo Limestone/Miami Oolite — 24.67°N, 81.57°W

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The named rock units Diploria labyrinthiformis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 38 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Diploria labyrinthiformis and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Diploria labyrinthiformis and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

148 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 36 sites for Diploria labyrinthiformis, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

32 references

Each of the 134 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 20 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content3

Picture of Diploria labyrinthiformis

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D scan

Licence
CC0 — this site’s default, not the record’s
Commercial use
the licence allows it
Specimen
Diploria labyrinthiformis

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Linnaeus 1758)