Pauline Walsh Jacobson, USA
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Agaricia tenuifolia Dana, 1846
Characters: Colonies form a complex of thin upright bifacial fronds which have thin margins. They are usually contorted, elongate, and divide irregularly. Corallites are in valleys which are generally concentric and less than 50 millimetres long.
Colour: Brown, greenish or rust, sometimes with pale margins of septo-costae and sometimes with orange tentacles.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Common.
Similar to Agaricia agaricites.
Synonymised names:
Agaricia (Mycedia) cristata var. tenuifolia Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Agaricia agaricites var. pusilla Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Agaricia agaricites var. tenuifolia Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Undaria tenuifolia (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Characters: Colonies form a complex of thin upright bifacial fronds which have thin margins. They are usually contorted, elongate, and divide irregularly. Corallites are in valleys which are generally concentric and less than 50 millimetres long.
Colour: Brown, greenish or rust, sometimes with pale margins of septo-costae and sometimes with orange tentacles.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Common.
Similar to Agaricia agaricites.
Synonymised names:
Agaricia (Mycedia) cristata var. tenuifolia Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Agaricia agaricites var. pusilla Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Agaricia agaricites var. tenuifolia Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Undaria tenuifolia (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
