Reef Coral Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas, Including Marine PlantsAn accurate and practical source of information about corals. Maps, many color plates, basic information and appendix. |
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Reef Coral Identification 3rd Edition: Florida Caribbean Bahamas Paul Humann,Ned DeLoach No preview available - 2013 |
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ABUNDANCE & DISTRIBUTION Abundant to common Agaricia Ahermatypic Bahamas Black Coral blades Brain Coral branchlets brown bushy Cactus Coral calyces Caribbean cave ceilings Chlorophyta Chlorophyta Green Algae clear water clumps Colony height color Common Florida Common South Florida Common to occasional commonly known continued from previous corallites Cup Coral cylindrical DEPTH distinguished encrusting Faviida FAMILY feet fire corals forma genus gray Green Algae grow HABITAT & BEHAVIOR Halimeda Holaxonia FAMILY Inhabit most reef ledge overhangs Lettuce Coral magnified examination marine microscopic examination NOTE Occasional Florida Occasional South Florida orange patch reefs PHYLUM pinnules plates Polyp Detail Polyps Extended Polyps Retracted positive identification requires protrude purple reef environments ridges rocky substrates Sargassum Sea Fan Sea Rod Sea Whip septa shaded areas shallow water Sheet Coral similar single planes species stalks Star Coral SUBORDER surface Telesto tentacles thin tips valleys VISUAL ID visual identification confirmed yellow yellow-brown zooxanthellae