Agaricia agaricites

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. The IUCN has assessed its status as being vulnerable.

Agaricia agaricites

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AgariciaPBDB
Diet
microcarnivore, photosymbioticPBDB, for Scleractinia
Life habit
intermediate-level epifaunal, colonial, clonalPBDB, for Scleractinia
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Scleractinia
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Scleractinia

Time the record covers

At least 11 million years on record.

The record covers at least 11.63 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 20.45 Mya to 0 Mya.

Miocene — about 27 of 258 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 44 of 258 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 174 of 258 occurrencesPleistocene21–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences17–17 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences15–15 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences10–9.8 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences9.8–9.1 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences9.1–8.4 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences8.4–7.7 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences7.7–7.0 Mya — about 3 occurrences7.0–6.3 Mya — about 5 occurrences6.3–5.6 Mya — about 5 occurrences5.6–4.9 Mya — about 7 occurrences4.9–4.2 Mya — about 7 occurrences4.2–3.5 Mya — about 9 occurrences3.5–2.8 Mya — about 18 occurrences2.8–2.1 Mya — about 37 occurrences2.1–1.4 Mya — about 45 occurrences1.4–698 ka Mya — about 41 occurrences698 ka–0 Mya — about 69 occurrences11.63 Mya11.7 ka20.9 Mya0 Mya

258 occurrences of Agaricia agaricites on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

258 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

25 formations

Moin — 9.97°N, 83.05°WMoin — 10.00°N, 83.03°WIronshore — 19.30°N, 81.33°WIronshore — 19.37°N, 81.38°WIronshore — 19.32°N, 81.37°WIronshore — 19.28°N, 81.15°WQuebrada Chocolate — 9.98°N, 83.08°WUrraca — 9.38°N, 82.24°WUrraca — 9.45°N, 82.30°WUrraca — 9.43°N, 82.32°WIsla Colon — 9.37°N, 82.23°WIsla Colon — 9.42°N, 82.32°WIsla Colon — 9.30°N, 82.10°WCercado — 19.67°N, 71.40°WCercado — 19.53°N, 71.18°WOld Bank — 9.32°N, 82.11°WSeroe Domi — 12.10°N, 68.90°WSeroe Domi — 12.16°N, 69.00°WTamana — 10.39°N, 61.29°WTamana — 10.33°N, 61.43°WTamana — 10.33°N, 62.42°WHato — 12.28°N, 69.07°WHato — 12.37°N, 69.10°WHato — 12.23°N, 69.02°WHato — 12.17°N, 68.88°WManchioneal — 18.19°N, 76.43°WKey Largo Limestone — 25.13°N, 80.38°WKey Largo Limestone — 24.93°N, 80.58°WWhite Wall — 17.47°N, 62.96°WOld Pera — 17.87°N, 76.28°WPort Morant — 17.87°N, 76.32°WKey Largo Limestone/Miami Oolite — 24.67°N, 81.57°WSan Luis — 12.50°N, 81.72°WSan Luis — 12.57°N, 81.72°WHope Gate — 18.47°N, 77.40°WLas Cahobas — 18.54°N, 72.28°WLirio — 18.08°N, 67.88°WSwan Cay — 9.43°N, 82.30°WLucayan — 24.65°N, 79.11°WMount Hope — 9.33°N, 79.90°WFalmouth — 18.50°N, 77.33°W

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The named rock units Agaricia agaricites has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. One further formation holds fewer occurrences and is not listed. 44 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Agaricia agaricites and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Agaricia agaricites and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

343 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 139 sites for Agaricia agaricites, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

33 references

Each of the 258 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 21 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Agaricia agaricites

Credit
Nhobgood Nick Hobgood
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itAgaricia through timeFormations of the PleistoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Linnaeus 1758)