Thin leaf lettuce coral
Agaricia tenuifolia
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: CR - Critically Endangered - facing an extremely 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 28 diving areas across 14 countries and 4 regions.
- Abaco, Bahamas - 6 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 2 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 2 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 39 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 22 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 13 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 4 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 12 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 10 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 11 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 47 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 8 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 12 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 20 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 46 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 249 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 516 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 184 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 348 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 2 records
- Utila, Honduras - 480 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 3 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 35 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 63 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 8426 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 6 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 6 records