Agaricia agaricites Purple lettuce coral

Agaricia agaricites is commonly referred to as Purple lettuce coral . Difficulty in the aquarium: 3 - Ganska enkel. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1681 

AphiaID:

287911 

Scientific:

Agaricia agaricites 

German:

Salatkoralle 

English:

Purple Lettuce Coral  

Category:

Stenkoraller - LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Agariciidae (Family) > Agaricia (Genus) > agaricites (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Barbados, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Minor Outlying Islands, USA, Venezuela 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0,5 - 75 Meter 

Size:

up to 29.53" (75 cm) 

Temperature:

62.78 °F - 80.6 °F (17.1°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

44 gal (~ 200L)  

Difficulty:

3 - Ganska enkel 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Agaricia agaricites
  Salatkoralle
• 
  Agaricia fragilis
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Agaricia grahamae
  Grahams Blattkoralle
• 
  Agaricia humilis
  Großpoylypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Agaricia lamarcki
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Agaricia tenuifolia
  Dünne Blattsalat-Koralle
• 
  Agaricia undata
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-10-20 00:50:50 

Last edit:

2020-09-27 22:06:24 

Captive breeding / propagation

Info

Pictures

Commonly

1

1

1

Husbandry know-how of owners