Agaricia humilis   Verrill, 1901

Low-life lettuce coral

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Anthozoa | Scleractinia | Agariciidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Reef-associated; depth range 0 - 70 m (Ref. 847).  Subtropical; 35°N - 8°N, 92°W - 58°W (Ref. 847)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic: USA to Caribbean Sea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Encrusting to submassive colonies. Deep, monocentric corallites with 2-3 centers. Centers are separated by collines of irregular height and which run in irregular directions. Long and short septocostae clearly alternate. Uniform tan or mottled yellow-brown, sometimes with green mouths in color.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 83917. Zooxanthellate (Ref. 116012).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Hermaphroditic (Ref. 113712). Mature gametes are shed into the coelenteron and spawned through the mouth. Life cycle: The zygote develops into a planktonic planula larva. Metamorphosis begins with early morphogenesis of tentacles, septa and pharynx before larval settlement on the aboral end (Ref. 833).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés. 2005. (Ref. 415)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Critically Endangered (CR) ; Date assessed: 01 June 2021

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Hexacorallians of the World | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.1 - 28.1, mean 27.1 (based on 164 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.