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Thin leaf lettuce coral

Agaricia tenuifolia

Description:

Photo take at -40 ft in a Caribbean reef.Colonies are clusters of relatively thin, vertically projecting leaves, with calices on both sides, with expanses of irregular incrusting expanses. The series of calices are meandroid, with irregular ridges separating them. Colonies may cover several square metres.

Habitat:

Found on tropical shallow waters on coral reef found from Florida Gulf of México and all The Caribbean Sea.

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Gerardo Aizpuru
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Gerardo Aizpuru

Mexico

Spotted on Jan 11, 2012
Submitted on Jan 11, 2012

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