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Plating Agaricids are common down to about 200 ft on the Little Caymanwalls, in shallower water they tend to form smaller plates with upright ridges

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Description

Plating Agaricids are common down to about 200 ft on the Little Caymanwalls, in shallower water they tend to form smaller plates with upright ridges.These differences in morphology may be a mechanism to efficientlygather light for their zooxanthellae.

Credit

Twilight Zone Expedition Team 2007, NOAA-OE

Display Date

2007 May 27

Location

Caribbean Sea, Cayman Islands

Collection

Coral Kingdom

Keywords

Coral Reefs