Agaricia

Agaricia Lamarck, 1801

Morphologic Description: unifacial explanate colonies; thickened outer wall; long series; horizontal bars on septocostae.

Morphologic Diagnosis: Colony Form: meandroid, Colony Shape: platy (one-sided only), Budding: intramural, Columella: trabecular and discontinuous, Corallite Size: medium (1.5 - 10mm), Wall Structure: synapticulothecal, Lobes: none.

Species:

• A. fragilis Dana, 1846; CC species #28 (extant).
• A. grahamae Wells, 1973; CC species #29 (extant).
• A. lamarcki Milne Edwards and Haime, 1851; CC species #30 (extant).
• A. undata (Ellis and Solander, 1786); CC species #32 (extant).
• A. sp. A.; CC species #31 (extinct).

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