Lettuce Coral
Agaricia agaricites
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Agariciidae
- Genus
- Agaricia
Where to Find
Found in 43 diving areas across 24 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 10 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 20 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 6 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 643 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 5 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 2 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 2 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 32 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 3200 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 2228 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 39 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 210 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 274 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 277 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 13 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 221 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 3 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 2 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 87 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 3 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 211 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 148 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 207 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 1980 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 1161 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 1119 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 246 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 2837 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 3079 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 132 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 170 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 106 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 68 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 94 records
- Utila, Honduras - 175 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 389 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 34 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 74 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 2 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 3175 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 7 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 26 records