Agaricia

Agaricia
	Bridled goby (Coryphopterus glaucofraenum) resting on Graham's sheet coral ()
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Agariciidae
Genus:	Agaricia; Lamarck, 1801
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Undaria Oken, 1815;

Agaricia is a genus of colonial stony corals in the family Agariciidae. These corals are found in shallow waters of 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)
Dana, 1846
Wells, 1973
Verrill, 1901

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

References[]

^ ^a ^b Martinez, Olga (2012). "Agaricia Lamarck, 1801". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
^ "Agariciidae". CoralPedia. Retrieved 2013-01-23.

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[WoRMS-1] Martinez, Olga (2012). "Agaricia Lamarck, 1801". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2013-01-23.

[2] "Agariciidae". CoralPedia. Retrieved 2013-01-23.

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Agaricia

Bridled goby (Coryphopterus glaucofraenum) resting on Graham's sheet coral ()
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Agariciidae
Genus:	Agaricia Lamarck, 1801^[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms
Undaria Oken, 1815