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 Cactus, Elephant Skin, Plate, Lettuce Corals of the Family Agariciidae, pt. 2

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Agaricia tenuifolia Dana 1848. Thin, fragile upright bifacial colonies, joined at angles at their base. Corallites in valleys, arranged concentrically with low ridges. Bahamas images.

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Genus Coeloseris Vaughan 1918: /WA Coral; massive or submassive colonies • corallites ceroid (walls touching) • corallites 5-10mm diameter • deeply immersed • septo-costae join at the top of the wall and may form a granule

Genus Gardinoseris Scheer and Pillai 1974 (Dana 1846): Monotypic. /WA Coral; submassive, encrusting colonies • corallites ceroid • acute ridges between corallites • fine and even septa • similar to Pavona

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Gardinoseris planulata (Dana 1846). Massive to encrusting. Corallites separated by high walls, columellae present, septa-costae fine, even. Red Sea, East Africa to Hawai'i, Polynesia and tropical east Pacific coast. Nuka Hiva, Marquesas, Polynesia pix. 

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Genus Leptoseris Edwards & Haime 1849. /WA Coral: encrusting or plates often growing in shaded areas • widely spaced corallites that may be inclined to the margin • corallites can cluster within pockets (raised rounded walls) • similar to Pavona.
Found in both the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific (rest of genera found in Indo-Pacific only). Colonies either laminar (blade like) or encrusting. Frequently have striations on fronds.

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