Agariciidae

Agariciidae
Agaricia sp. in a coral reef near Bermuda
Systematics
Trunk : Cnidarians (Cnidaria) Class : Flower animals (anthozoa) Subclass : Hexacorallia Order : Hard corals (Scleractinia) Family : Agariciidae
Scientific name
Agariciidae
Gray , 1847

The Agariciidae are a family of hard corals (Scleractinia). They live in the tropical coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific and the Caribbean . Most species of the family grow close to the substrate or form leafy structures so that they often look like a loose head of lettuce. Like most other hard corals, the Agariciidae live in a symbiotic relationship with small algae ( zooxanthellae ) that provide the corals with nutrients.

In the marine aquarium , the species of the genus Pavona are among the easiest hard corals to keep.

Genera

• Agaricia Lamarck, 1801
• Coeloseris Vaughan, 1918
• Gardineroseris Scheer & Pillai, 1974
• Helioseris Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849
• Leptoseris Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849
• Pachyseris Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849
• Pavona Lamarck, 1801

literature

• Svein A. Fosså / Alf Jacob Nilsen: Coral Reef Aquarium , Volume 4, Birgit Schmettkamp Verlag, Bornheim, ISBN 3-928819-05-4

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