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Animalia Radiata Cnidaria Anthozoa Hexacorallia Scleractinia Agariciidae
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| 8 genres | 55 espèces |
| Références web | |
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| coralhub | marinelifephotography |
| Description | |||
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| pantropical | non comestible | peu urticants | |
| colonial, zooxanthellate et hermatypiq; qq leptoseris pvt supporter low light and thrive at depths from 100 to 90m | |||
| corallites are linked by the closely packed septae which have smooth or finely toothed margins and do not fuse together; ill-defined walls (sometimes absent) formed by a thickening of the septae; corallites do not stand out from the surface of the coral; tiny polyps without tentacles; small star-shaped calices with fine radiating ribs known as septo-costae that are shared by adjacent calices; reticulate pattern | |||
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Colony not massive Corallite centers discernible Polyps aligned between collines Corallites without individual walls: Genus Agaricia Corallites with individual walls: Genus Leptoseris Polyps not aligned between collines: Genus Pavona Corallite centers not discernible: Genus Pachyseris Colony massive Corallites in concavities: Genus Gardineroseris Corallites not in concavities: Genus Coeloseris |
biophysics (Universität Salzburg) | ||
| structures massives svt foliacées, boulder-shaped (massive) or plate-like (laminar); | |||
| rely on mucus to gather suspended food particles from the water | |||
| Etymologies | Source | |
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| Agariciidae | ||
| Leptoseris | grec leptos (mince, frêle) + latin series (série) | doris |
| grec λεπτός (mince, menu, fin) + σέρις (sorte de chicorée) ? | Bailly | |
| mycetoseroides | grec μυκής-τος (champignon) + σέρις (semblable à la chicorée) ? | Bailly |
| Pachyseris | grec pachys (épais) +
σέρις (sorte de chicorée) ? |
perso |
| Agariciidae | ||
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| Pavona
2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| Agariciidae | ||
| Agaricia lamarcki | ||
| coralsoftheworld / doris / coralpedia / reefdivers | Synonymes | Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 / VU / ITIS 53040 |
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| 2016 Cozumel (Yucatan) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2005 Cuba by Quintín Muñoz [GNU] (via Wikimedia Commons) | |
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2014 Florida by U.S. Geological Survey
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Florida by U.S. Geological Survey
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| W-Atlantiq | Corail-feuille | tropical |
| 18-30m | hermaphrodite | flat, unifacial, explanate or encrusting plates arranged in whorls, corallites in concentric valleys, abondant |
| Agaricia lamarcki | ||
| Leptoseris explanata | ||
| coralsoftheworld / souslesmers / nomadica | Synonymes | Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941 / LC / ITIS 53040 |
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2019 Taiwan ©huang_shu_chen
(via INaturalist) |
2019 Lembeh ©David R
(via INaturalist) |
2014 S-Africa ©dobura
(via INaturalist) |
| Indo-WPacifiq & Red Sea | tropical | |
| <40m / 30cm | hermaphrodite | lames aplaties ou volutes, lobées ou non, base encroûtanta, assez rare |
| Leptoseris explanata | ||
| Leptoseris incrustans | ||
| iucnredlist / coralsoftheworld | Cylloseris incrstans | Quelch, 1886 / VU / ITIS 572262 |
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2013 Malaysia by Waheed, Benzoni, van der Meij, Terraneo, Hoeksema
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2008 Pacifico by Benzoni
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
morfología colonia, 2012 by Benzoni
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WPacifiq & Red Sea | tropical | |
| Leptoseris incrustans | ||
| Leptoseris mycetoseroides | ||
| reefbuilders / es.wiki / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Wells, 1954 / LC / ITIS 53043 |
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| 2008 Pacifico by Benzoni
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 SAfrica ©dobura
(via INaturalist) |
2014 SAfrica ©dobura
(via INaturalist) |
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| 2014 Samoa by Larry Basch (NPS photo)
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2008 Pacifico by Benzoni
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 by NPS photo - Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-Pacifiq & Red Sea | Corail porcelaine | tropical |
| >1m dia (colonie) | mode calme, plates with irregular folds on the surface, assez commun | |
| Leptoseris mycetoseroides | ||
| Leptoseris scabra | ||
| iucnredlist / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Vaughan, 1907 / LC / ITIS 53041 |
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| 2015 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2012 Pacifico by Benzoni
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2013 Malaysia by Waheed, Benzoni, van der Meij, Terraneo, Hoeksema
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-W&CPacifiq & Red Sea | tropical | |
| Leptoseris scabra | ||
| Leptoseris yabei | ||
| iucnredlist / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Pillai & Scheer, 1976 / VU / ITIS 53044 |
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| 2013 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
morfología colonia, 2011 by Benzoni
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2013 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-W&CPacifiq | tropical | |
| Leptoseris yabei | ||
| Pavona duerdeni | ||
| coralsoftheworld / nomadica / en.wiki / reefbuilders | Synonymes | Vaughan, 1907 / LC / ITIS 572347 |
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| 2019 Galapagos ©sea-kangaroo
(via INaturalist) |
2019 Galapagos ©sea-kangaroo
(via INaturalist) |
2011 NCal by Benzoni, F.
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2013 Layang-Layang Is. (Malaysia) by Waheed, Benzoni, van der Meij, Terraneo, Hoeksema
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2011 NCal by Benzoni, F.
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2004 Hawai ©Dr. Dwayne Meadows NOAA/NMFS/OPR
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-Pacifiq & Mer Rouge | Porkshop coral | tropical |
| 3-15m / 20cm | slow growth rate, hermaphrodite | massif, irrégulier, lisse |
| Pavona duerdeni | ||
| Pavona explanulata | ||
| coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Lamarck, 1816 / LC / ITIS 53069 |
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| 2019 Dauin (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2019 Dauin (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2017 Réunion ©Philippe Bourjon
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2011 by Benzoni, F.
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2012 NCal by Benzoni, F.
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| Pavona explanulata | ||
MàJ 16/03/2023
