Table 14. Hermatypic (zooxanthellate) corals re rted to occur de per than 30 me rs
e in Jamaican waters from
)
Depth R
po
e
te
off the shelf-edg
(
Goreau & Wells, 1967
Order Scleractinia
a nge (m)
Max
Optimum
Min
Family Astrocoenidae
Stephanocoenia michelini
95+
3 - 50
.
65
10 - 30
e
Madracis sp.
95
60 - 70
35
mirabilis
60
3 - 40
1
Family Acroporidae
cornis
50
15 - 30
1
Family Agariciida
Agaricia agaricites
forma agaricites
45
7 - 20
3
ori
65
7 - 28
0.5
yllia natans
55
2 - 20
0.5
annularis
80
3 - 45
0.3
1
Stephanocoenia sp
3
Family Pocilloporida
5 - 40
Madracis decactis
70
1
M.
Acropora cervi
e
forma danae
30
5 - 25
1
forma carinata
40
8 - 30
1
forma purpurea
75
3 - 45
1
forma humilis
70+
10 - 40
1
A. undata
80
35 - 70
4
A. fragilis
40
7 - 30
3
Helioseris cucullata
90
8 - 50
3
Family Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea
70
3 - 20
0.5
Siderastrea radians
33
2
0.5
Family Poritidae
Porites astreoides
70+
5 - 20
0.2
P. divaricata
47
1
0.1
P. furcata
50
6 - 20
0.2
Family Faviidae
Favia fragum
30
2 - 8
0.2
Diploria clivosa
35
1 - 3
0.2
Diploria labyrinthiformis
43
2 - 15
0.1
Diploria strigosa
40
3 - 10
0.1
Manicina aereolata
forma areolata
43
2 - 25
0.1
forma may
Colpoph
Montastrea
M. cavernosa
95
10 - 60
0.5
Family Meandrinidae
Meandrina meandrites
forma meandrites
70
8 - 30
0.5
forma danae
80
15 - 30
8
Dichocoenia stokesii
40+
3 - 20
2
Dichocoenia sp.
72
10 - 40
3
Family Mussidae
60