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Table 1 Morphological characteristics of the five studied Agariciid species

From: Sharing the slope: depth partitioning of agariciid corals and associated Symbiodiniumacross shallow and mesophotic habitats (2-60 m) on a Caribbean reef

Species

n

Colony shape

Plates

Corallites

Valley orientation

Septocostae

Other

Agaricia humilis

71

Submassive, encrusing, or plating

n.a.

Deep, monocentric corallites (or 2-3 centres together)

Centres separated by collines of irregular height running in irregular directions

Alternating

 

Agaricia agaricites

113

Encrusting, or plating

Bifacial (fronds)

Short, deep valleys (usually <50 mm).

Irregular, or concentric on plates

  

Agaricia lamarcki

105

Plating

Unifacial

Valleys with widely spaced centres

Concentric valleys

Alternating

White & star-shaped mouths

Agaricia grahamae

20

Plating

Unifacial

Long, V-shaped valleys

Roughly concentric valleys

Non-alternating

 

Helioseris cucullata

16

Plating

Unifacial

Non-continuous valleys with centres nested against steep ridges

Roughly concentric valleys

Alternating

 
  1. Taxonomic features of the different Caribbean Agariciid species studied here, as specified by Wells [53], Veron and Stafford-Smith [54] and Humann & Deloach [55].