Florent's Guide To The

South Florida Reefs

Purple Lettuce Coral
Purple Lettuce Coral
Scientific Name: Agaricia agaricities f. purpurea
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Agariciidae
Category: Stony Corals
Size: Colony up to 3 ft.  
Depth: 3-240 ft. (1-75 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas

Corals
Stony Corals

Purple Lettuce Coral

Fragile Saucer Coral

Low Relief Lettuce Coral

Sunray Lettuce Coral

Blushing Star Coral

Speckled Cup Coral

Orange Cup Coral

Smooth Star Coral

Boulder Brain Coral

Knobby Brain Coral

Grooved Brain Coral

Golfball Coral

Rose Coral

Symmetrical Brain Coral

Rough Star Coral

Spiny Flower Coral

Knobby Cactus Coral

Rough Cactus Coral

Ridged Cactus Coral

Artichoke/Solitary Disk Coral

Atlantic Mushroom Coral

Pillar Coral

Elliptical Star Coral

Smooth Flower Coral

Whitevalley Maze Coral

Maze Coral

Lobed Star Coral

Mountainous Star Coral

Boulder Star Coral

Great Star Coral

Diffuse Ivory Bush Coral

Ten-Ray Star Coral

Yellow Pencil Coral

Mustard Hill Coral

Thin Finger Coral

Branched Finger Coral

Clubtip Finger Coral

Lesser Starlet Coral

Massive Starlet Coral

Staghorn Coral

Elkhorn Coral

Scaled Lettuce Coral

Lettuce Coral



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