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Agaricia
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Fungiina
Superfamily:
Agariciicae
Family:
Agariciidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Agaricia LAMARCK, 1801
Type Species:
Madrepora undata Ellis & Solander, 1786, SD M.EDW.-H., 1850
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Fig. 273,2. A. agaricites (Pallas), Rec., Fla., X1 (151).
Synonyms
Undaria, Mycedia
Geographic Distribution
W.Indies
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mio.
Beginning International Stage:
Aquitanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
23.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Colony formation by circumoral budding followed by marginal budding, forming foliaceous unifacial or bifacial fronds or submassive coralla. Collines discontinuous, enclosing several centers. Corallite walls well developed, calices inclined slightly toward margin.
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Fungiina
Superfamily:
Agariciicae
Family:
Agariciidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Agaricia LAMARCK, 1801
Type Species:
Madrepora undata Ellis & Solander, 1786, SD M.EDW.-H., 1850
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 273,2. A. agaricites (Pallas), Rec., Fla., X1 (151).
Synonyms
Undaria, Mycedia
Geographic Distribution
W.Indies
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mio.
Beginning International Stage:
Aquitanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
23.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Colony formation by circumoral budding followed by marginal budding, forming foliaceous unifacial or bifacial fronds or submassive coralla. Collines discontinuous, enclosing several centers. Corallite walls well developed, calices inclined slightly toward margin.