title: Agaricia
text: # Agaricia
  
  Agaricia is a genus of colonial stony corals in the family Agariciidae. These corals are found in shallow waters of the West Indies.
  
  ## Characteristics
  
  Corals in this genus have several different forms but are usually massive, leaf-like or plate-like. Members of the genus are distinguished from other corals by having no walls to the corallites but having clearly delineated septocostae that connect each corallite to its neighbours.
  
  ## Species
  
  The World Register of Marine Species recognises the following species:
  
  * Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Agaricia fragilis Dana, 1846
  * Agaricia grahamae Wells, 1973
  * Agaricia humilis Verrill, 1901
  * Agaricia lamarcki Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
  * Agaricia tenuifolia Dana, 1846
  * Agaricia undata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
  