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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