Family: |
Agariciidae () |
Max. size: |
|
Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 70 m |
Distribution: |
Western Atlantic: USA to Caribbean Sea. |
Diagnosis: |
Encrusting to submassive colonies. Deep, monocentric corallites with 2-3 centers. Centers are separated by collines of irregular height and which run in irregular directions. Long and short septocostae clearly alternate. Uniform tan or mottled yellow-brown, sometimes with green mouths in color. |
Biology: |
Maximum depth from Ref. 83917. Zooxanthellate (Ref. 116012). |
IUCN Red List Status: |
Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 01 June 2021 Ref. 123251)
|
Threat to humans: |
|
Country info: |
|
Source and more info: www.sealifebase.org. For personal, classroom, and other internal use only. Not for publication.
Warning: Unknown: open(e:\temp\sess_vlf2j5f4ei7c7ltheprvvvavd6, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in Unknown on line 0
Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (e:\temp) in Unknown on line 0