Agaricia

Agaricia
Bridled goby (Coryphopterus glaucofraenum) resting on Graham's Sheet Coral (Agaricia grahamae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Agariciidae
Genus: Agaricia
Lamarck, 1801[1]
Species
See text

Agaricia is a genus of colonial stony corals in the family Agariciidae. These corals are found in shallow waters in the West Indies.

Characteristics

Corals in this genus have several different forms but are usually massive, leaf-like or plate-like. Members of the genus are distinguished from other corals by having no walls to the corallites but having clearly delineated septocostae that connect each corallite to its neighbours.[2]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species recognises the following species: [1]

  • Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Agaricia fragilis Dana, 1846
  • Agaricia grahamae Wells, 1973
  • Agaricia humilis Verrill, 1901

  • Agaricia lamarcki Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
  • Agaricia tenuifolia Dana, 1846
  • Agaricia undata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

References

  1. 1 2 Martinez, Olga (2012). "Agaricia Lamarck, 1801". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  2. "Agariciidae". CoralPedia. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
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