Scleractinia taxon details

Agaricia Lamarck, 1801

204464  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204464)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Refertina (Suborder)
  8. Agariciidae (Family)
  9. Agaricia (Genus)
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Genus
Agaricia (Mycedia) Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Agaricia (Undaria) Oken, 1815 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mycedia Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Undaria Oken, 1815 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (invalid name)

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  1. Species Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758)
  2. Species Agaricia ataciana (Michelin, 1847) †
  3. Species Agaricia batalleri Chevalier, 1961 †
  4. Species Agaricia danae Duncan, 1880 †
  5. Species Agaricia elegans Michelin, 1843 †
  6. Species Agaricia forskali Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 †
  7. Species Agaricia fragilis Dana, 1846
  8. Species Agaricia grahamae Wells, 1973
  9. Species Agaricia granulata Chevalier, 1961 †
  10. Species Agaricia humilis Verrill, 1901
  11. Species Agaricia inflata Catullo, 1857 †
  12. Species Agaricia irregularis Coryell, 1929 †
  13. Species Agaricia irregularis d'Orbigny, 1850 †
  14. Species Agaricia lamarcki Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
  15. Species Agaricia meandrinoides Catullo, 1857 †
  16. Species Agaricia okeni Chevalier, 1961 †
  17. Species Agaricia sinuata Coryell, 1929 †
  18. Species Agaricia tenuifolia Dana, 1846
  19. Species Agaricia undata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
  20. Subgenus Agaricia (Mycedia) Dana, 1846 accepted as Agaricia Lamarck, 1801 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Agaricia (Mycedia) agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Species Agaricia (Mycedia) cristata (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    3. Species Agaricia (Mycedia) cucullata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Helioseris cucullata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    4. Species Agaricia (Mycedia) fragilis Dana, 1846 accepted as Agaricia fragilis Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    5. Species Agaricia (Mycedia) gibbosa Dana, 1846 accepted as Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    6. Species Agaricia (Mycedia) purpurea Dana, 1846 accepted as Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  21. Subgenus Agaricia (Undaria) Oken, 1815 accepted as Agaricia Lamarck, 1801 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Agaricia (Undaria) agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Species Agaricia (Undaria) levicollis Dana, 1846 accepted as Pachyseris speciosa (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    3. Species Agaricia (Undaria) planulata Dana, 1846 accepted as Gardineroseris planulata (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
    4. Species Agaricia (Undaria) rugosa Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Pachyseris rugosa (Lamarck, 1801) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    5. Species Agaricia (Undaria) speciosa Dana, 1846 accepted as Pachyseris speciosa (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
    6. Species Agaricia (Undaria) undata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Agaricia undata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  22. Species Agaricia ampliata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Merulina ampliata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  23. Species Agaricia anguillensis Vaughan, 1919 accepted as Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  24. Species Agaricia anthrophylla Horn, 1861 accepted as Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  25. Species Agaricia apennina Michelin, 1842 † accepted as Mycetoseris apennina (Michelin, 1842) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, basionym)
  26. Species Agaricia boletiformis (Esper, 1791) accepted as Pavona cactus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  27. Species Agaricia cailleti (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Leptoseris cailleti (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  28. Species Agaricia cailletti (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Leptoseris cailleti (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  29. Species Agaricia circularis Michelin, 1847 † accepted as Meandrastrea circularis (Michelin, 1847) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  30. Species Agaricia clavus (Dana, 1846) accepted as Pavona clavus (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  31. Species Agaricia crassa Verrill, 1901 accepted as Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  32. Species Agaricia crassa Goldfuss, 1826 † accepted as Isastrea crassa (Goldfuss, 1826) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  33. Species Agaricia crispa Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Leptoseris papyracea (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  34. Species Agaricia cristata (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  35. Species Agaricia cucullata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Helioseris cucullata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  36. Species Agaricia danai Milne Edwards, 1860 accepted as Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  37. Species Agaricia diffluens (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Pavona diffluens (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  38. Species Agaricia dominicensis Vaughan, 1919 accepted as Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  39. Species Agaricia elegantula d'Orbigny, 1850 † accepted as Periseris elegantula (d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  40. Species Agaricia elephantotus (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Mycedium elephantotus (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  41. Species Agaricia explanata Lamouroux, 1824 accepted as Pavona explanulata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  42. Species Agaricia explanulata Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Pavona explanulata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  43. Species Agaricia falcifera Catullo, 1857 † accepted as Cyathoseris falcifera (Catullo, 1857) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  44. Species Agaricia flabellina Lamouroux, 1821 accepted as Merulina ampliata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  45. Species Agaricia fossata (Dana, 1846) accepted as Psammocora columna Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  46. Species Agaricia gibbosa Dana, 1846 accepted as Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  47. Species Agaricia graciosa Michelin, 1843 † accepted as Comoseris graciosa (Michelin, 1843) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  48. Species Agaricia granulata Münster, 1833 † accepted as Actinaraea granulata (Münster, 1833) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  49. Species Agaricia infundibuliformis (Blainville, 1834) † accepted as Cyathoseris infundibuliformis (Blainville, 1834) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  50. Species Agaricia lessoni (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) accepted as Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  51. Species Agaricia levicollis Dana, 1846 accepted as Pachyseris speciosa (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  52. Species Agaricia lima Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Montipora foliosa (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  53. Species Agaricia ludoviciana Michelin, 1845 † accepted as Dimorphastrea ludoviciana (Michelin, 1845) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  54. Species Agaricia minikoiensis (Gardiner, 1905) accepted as Leptoseris mycetoseroides Wells, 1954 (unaccepted > misapplication)
  55. Species Agaricia murchisoni Haime, 1851 † accepted as Pachyseris murchisoni (Haime, 1851) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  56. Species Agaricia neocomiensis d'Orbigny, 1850 † accepted as Comoseris neocomiensis (d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  57. Species Agaricia nobilis Verrill, 1901 accepted as Helioseris cucullata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  58. Species Agaricia papillosa Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Montipora verrucosa (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  59. Species Agaricia plana d'Orbigny, 1850 † accepted as Comoseris plana (d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  60. Species Agaricia planula Dana, 1846 accepted as Gardineroseris planulata (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  61. Species Agaricia planulata Dana, 1846 accepted as Gardineroseris planulata (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  62. Species Agaricia ponderosa Gardiner, 1905 accepted as Gardineroseris planulata (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  63. Species Agaricia purpurea Le Sueur, 1820 accepted as Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  64. Species Agaricia ramosa Münster, 1841 † accepted as Thamnasteria ramosa (Münster, 1841) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  65. Species Agaricia ramulosa Michelin, 1845 † accepted as Vallimeandra ramulosa (Michelin, 1845) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  66. Species Agaricia rugosa Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Pachyseris rugosa (Lamarck, 1801) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  67. Species Agaricia speciosa Dana, 1846 accepted as Pachyseris speciosa (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  68. Species Agaricia swindernana Goldfuss, 1829 † accepted as Thecia swindernana (Goldfuss, 1829) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  69. Species Agaricia talpa (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Polyphyllia talpina (Lamarck, 1801) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  70. Species Agaricia vesparium (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) accepted as Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  71. Species Agaricia frondosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  72. Species Agaricia radiata Risso, 1827 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  73. Species Agaricia regularis Quelch, 1886 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  74. Species Agaricia sanctijohannis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details] OpenAccess publication
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Agaricia Lamarck, 1801. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204464 on 2025-09-11
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1997-02-03 14:17:27Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-07-18 15:57:33Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-04 10:51:58Z
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Martinez, Olga
2014-04-11 14:00:53Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2018-08-19 15:47:43Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2022-05-21 06:40:29Z
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Hoeksema, Bert

original description Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Undaria Oken, 1815) Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. <em>Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Agaricia (Mycedia) Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details] 

additional source Guzman, H.M., 1998. Diversity of stony, soft and black corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia, Gorgonacea, Antipatharia; Hydrozoa: Milleporina) at Cayos Cochinos, Bay Islands, Honduras. Rev. Biol. Trop. 46 Suppl. 4: 75-80.
page(s): 77 [details] 

additional source Steiner, S.C.C., 2003. Stony corals and reefs of Dominica. Atoll Res. Bull. : 497-508.
page(s): 5, 7 [details] 

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details] 

additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details] 

additional source Durham JW, Barnard JL (1952) Stony corals of the Eastern Pacific collected by the Velero III and Velero IV. Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 16: 1-110, pls. 1-16.
page(s): 10, 31, Plate 2, fig. 9 [details] 

additional source Chevalier J-P. (1961). Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale. <em>Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Série.</em> 40(93): 1-562, pls. 1-26. [details] 

additional source Kitahara, M.V., J. Stolarski, S.D. Cairns, F. Benzoni, J.L. Stake & D.J. Miller. (2012). The first modern solitary Agariciidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) revealed by molecular and microstructural analysis. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 26 (3): 303-315., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is11053 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Durham JW. (1962). Corals from the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series.</em> 32 (2): 41-56.
page(s): 45 [details] 

additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1980). Caribbean Shallow Water Corallimorpharia. Zoologische Verhandelingen, (176): 83 pp.
page(s): 68 [details] 

additional source Reed, J. K. (1985). Deepest distribution of Atlantic hermatypic corals discovered in the Bahamas. Proceedings of the Fifth International Coral Reef Congress, 6, 249-254
page(s): 249, 251-252 [details] 

additional source Shenkar, N.; Fine, M.; Loya, Y. (2005). Size matters: bleaching dynamics of the coral Oculina patagonica. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 294, 181-188
page(s): 182 [details] 

additional source Lasker, H. R. (1983). Vegetative reproduction in the octocoral Briareum asbestinum (Pallas). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 72, 157-169
page(s): 160, 161, 162 [details] 

additional source Medina, M.; Collins, A. G.; Takaoka, T. L.; Kuehl, J. V.; Boore, J. L. (2006). Naked corals: skeleton loss in Scleractinia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103(24): 9096-9100
page(s): 9097 [details] 

additional source Reed, J. K.; Pomponi, S. A.; Weaver, D. C.; Paull, C. K.; Wright, A. E. (2005). Deep-water sinkholes and bioherms of south Florida and the Pourtalès Terrace - habitat and fauna. Bulletin of Marine Science, 77(2): 267-296
page(s): 270 [details] 

additional source Severance, E. G.; Karl, S. A. (2006). Contrasting population genetic structures of sympatric, mass-spawning Caribbean corals. Marine Biology, 150, 57-68
page(s): 58 [details] 

additional source Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
page(s): 703 [details] 
 
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Remark Genus from the West Indies (Veron, 1986). [details]
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English sheet coralscroll coralplate corallettuce coralslettuce coralleaf coral  [details]
German Salatblattkorallen  [details]
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