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Agaricia agaricites
| Description | Agaricia agaricites, commonly known as lettuce coral or tan lettuce-leaf coral, is a species of colonial stony corals in the family Agariciidae. This coral is found in shallow waters in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It is a common species and the IUCN has assessed its status as being of "least concern". From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricia_agaricites, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Agariciidae : Agaricia : Agaricia agaricites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Agariciidae : Agaricia : Agaricia agaricites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Generic Name | Agaricia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 20.4 - 11.6 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | microcarnivore, photosymbiotic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | N. E. Weisbord. 1974. Late Cenozoic corals of south Florida. Bulletins of American Paleontology 66(285):259-544 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Lärchenpilzkoralle, Salatkoralle, Lettuce Coral | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricia_agaricites |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Agaricia agaricites agaricites subspecies | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Agaricia agaricites carinata subspecies | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Agaricia agaricites humilis subspecies | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Agaricia agaricites purpurea subspecies | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Agaricia agaricites pusilla subspecies | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1758 | Madrepora agaricites Linnaeus |
| 1815 | Undaria agaricites Oken |
| 1821 | Pavonia agaricites Lamouroux |
| 1821 | Agaricia purpurea Lesueur |
| 1846 | Agaricia agaricites Dana |
| 1901 | Agaricia crassa Verrill |
| 2001 | Undaria crassa Johnson |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
