Reef Coral Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas, Including Marine PlantsAn accurate, practaical, and beautiful source of information about the corals in Florida, Caribbean and the Bahamas. There are four identification groups: Hydrocorals, Gorgonians, Stony Corals, and Black Corals. |
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ABUNDANCE & DISTRIBUTION Abundant to common Agaricia Ahermatypic Antipatharia Antipathes Bahamas Black Coral blades Brain Coral Branch Detail branchlets bushy Cactus Coral calyces Caribbean cave ceilings Chlorophyta Green Algae clear water clumps Colony height color Common South Florida Common to occasional commonly known continued from previous Coral forma corallites Cup Coral cylindrical DEPTH Encrusting Faviida FAMILY feet fire corals genus gray grow HABITAT & BEHAVIOR Halimeda Holaxonia FAMILY Inhabit most reef ledge overhangs Lettuce Coral magnified examination microscopic examination NOTE Occasional Florida Occasional South Florida orange patch reefs Phaeophyta PHYLUM pinnules plates Plexauridae Polyp Detail Polyps Extended Polyps Retracted Porites 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 structure SUBORDER surface Telesto tentacles thin tips valleys VISUAL ID visual identification confirmed yellow-brown zooxanthellae