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Agaricia Lamarcki
''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. Species The World Register of Marine Species recognises the following species: *'' Agaricia agaricites'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Agaricia fragilis'' Dana, 1846 *'' Agaricia grahamae'' Wells, 1973 *'' Agaricia humilis'' Verrill, 1901 *'' Agaricia lamarcki'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 *''Agaricia tenuifolia ''Agaricia tenuifolia'', commonly known as thin leaf lettuce coral, is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Agariciidae. This coral is found in shallow waters in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Description In sheltered waters, . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coryphopterus Glaucofraenum
''Coryphopterus glaucofraenum'', the bridled goby, is a species of goby native to the Western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea from North Carolina to Brazil. It can be found on reefs at depths of from in areas of white sand. This species can reach a length of fish measurement, TL. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. References External links * Gobiidae Fish of the Atlantic Ocean Fish described in 1863 Taxa named by Theodore Gill {{Gobiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corallite
A corallite is the skeletal cup, formed by an individual stony coral polyp, in which the polyp sits and into which it can retract. The cup is composed of aragonite, a crystalline form of calcium carbonate, and is secreted by the polyp. Corallites vary in size, but in most colonial corals they are less than in diameter. The inner surface of the corallite is known as the calyx. The vertical blades inside the calyx are known as septa and in some species, these ridges continue outside the corallite wall as costae. Where there is no corallite wall, the blades are known as septocostae. The septa, costae and septocostae may have ornamentation in the form of teeth and may be thick, thin or variable in size. Sometimes there are paliform lobes, in the form of rods or blades, rising from the inner margins of the septa. These may form a neat circle called the paliform crown. The septa do not usually unite in the centre of the corallite, instead they form a columella, a tangled mass of int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agaricia Undata
''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. Species The World Register of Marine Species recognises the following species: *'' Agaricia agaricites'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Agaricia fragilis'' Dana, 1846 *'' Agaricia grahamae'' Wells, 1973 *'' Agaricia humilis'' Verrill, 1901 *''Agaricia lamarcki'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 *''Agaricia tenuifolia ''Agaricia tenuifolia'', commonly known as thin leaf lettuce coral, is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Agariciidae. This coral is found in shallow waters in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Description In sheltered waters, .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agaricia Tenuifolia
''Agaricia tenuifolia'', commonly known as thin leaf lettuce coral, is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Agariciidae. This coral is found in shallow waters in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Description In sheltered waters, ''A. tenuifolia'' forms irregular encrusting patches with many vertical, leaf-like blades. The corallites, which are on both sides of these blades, are arranged in meandering rows separated by irregular ridges. In places with more vigorous wave action, this coral may form spherical colonies. The colour of this coral is usually pale brown, reddish-brown or greenish-brown. Distribution ''A. tenuifolia'' is native to the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It is common in the southern part of this range but less so in the north. It occurs on shallow-water reefs and lagoons at depths between . Ecology ''A. tenuifolia'' is a zooxanthellate species of coral, having symbiotic unicellular dinoflagellates housed in its tissues. These are ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agaricia Lamarcki
''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. Species The World Register of Marine Species recognises the following species: *'' Agaricia agaricites'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Agaricia fragilis'' Dana, 1846 *'' Agaricia grahamae'' Wells, 1973 *'' Agaricia humilis'' Verrill, 1901 *'' Agaricia lamarcki'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 *''Agaricia tenuifolia ''Agaricia tenuifolia'', commonly known as thin leaf lettuce coral, is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Agariciidae. This coral is found in shallow waters in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Description In sheltered waters, . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agaricia Humilis
''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. Species The World Register of Marine Species recognises the following species: *'' 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 ''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 usua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agaricia Fragilis
''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. Species The World Register of Marine Species recognises the following species: *'' 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 ''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 usual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agaricia Agaricites
''Agaricia agaricites'', commonly known as lettuce coral or tan lettuce-leaf coral, is a species of colonial stony corals in the family Agariciidae. This coral is found in shallow waters in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The IUCN has assessed its status as being oVuknerable. Description Colonies of ''A. agaricites'' have several different habits of growth, but usually occur in encrusting sheets with irregular projections or are leaf-like or plate-like. New colonies are usually encrusting, but vertical lobes and sheet-like projections begin to develop when the colonies are still quite small. The growth form seems to be partially linked to the movement of water in the vicinity and the depth. Horizontal plates normally have corallites on both sides while vertical forms have corallites on only one side. The corallites are arranged in long meandering rows, but a few are single, with sharp-pointed ridges between them. Each one has up to 36 septa and a centra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agariciidae
The Agariciidae are a family of reef-building stony corals. This family includes cactus corals, plate corals, and lettuce corals. Members of the family include symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae in their tissues which help provide their energy requirements. Cactus, Elephant Skin, Plate, Lettuce Corals of the Family Agariciidae WetWebMedia.com. Retrieved 2011-12-18. Description Members of this family are , hermatypic (reef-building) corals. The corals form massive structures, often of a laminar or foliate form. The[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agaricia Grahamae
''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. Species The World Register of Marine Species recognises the following species: *''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 ''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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family ( la, familia, plural ') is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". What belongs to a family—or if a described family should be recognized at all—are proposed and determined by practicing taxonomists. There are no hard rules for describing or recognizing a family, but in plants, they can be characterized on the basis of both vegetative and reproductive features of plant species. Taxonomists often take different positions about descriptions, and there may be no broad consensus across the scientific community for some time. The publishing of new data and opini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scleractinia
Scleractinia, also called stony corals or hard corals, are marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria that build themselves a hard skeleton. The individual animals are known as polyp (zoology), polyps and have a cylindrical body crowned by an oral disc in which a mouth is fringed with tentacles. Although some species are solitary, most are Colony (biology), colonial. The founding polyp settles and starts to secrete calcium carbonate to protect its soft body. Solitary corals can be as much as across but in colonial species the polyps are usually only a few millimetres in diameter. These polyps reproduce asexually by budding, but remain attached to each other, forming a multi-polyp colony of cloning, clones with a common skeleton, which may be up to several metres in diameter or height according to species. The shape and appearance of each coral colony depends not only on the species, but also on its location, depth, the amount of water movement and other factors. Many shallow-water co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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