Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Purple Lettuce Coral
Agaricia agaricities f. purpurea
Purple Lettuce Coral
Category: Stony Corals
Scientific Name: Agaricia agaricities f. purpurea
Size: Colony up to 3 ft.  
Depth: 3-240 ft. (1-75 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas
Cnidaria (Phylum) Cnidarians
└Anthozoa (Subphylum) Sea Anemones and Corals
 └Hexacorallia (Class) Hexacorallians
  └Scleractinia (Order) Stony Corals
   └Refertina (Suborder)
    └Agariciidae (Family)
     └Agaricia (Genus)
      └A. agaricities f. purpurea (Species)

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