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title: "Lettuce Coral"
description: "Agaricia agaricites — Other animals. Agaricia agaricites, commonly known as lettuce coral or tan lettuce-leaf coral, is a species of colonial stony corals in the family Agariciidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/lettuce-coral
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lettuce Coral

> Agaricia agaricites — Other animals. Agaricia agaricites, commonly known as lettuce coral or tan lettuce-leaf coral, is a species of colonial stony corals in the family Agariciidae.

- Scientific name: *Agaricia agaricites*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 1602
- Wikidata: [Q3949244](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3949244)
- iNaturalist taxon: [93523](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/93523)

## Names

- en: Lettuce Coral
- es: Coral lechuga

## Countries with the most observations

CW (774), MX (67), KY (54), CU (29), BS (14), VI (14), BZ (8), HN (7), JM (5), BL (4), DO (4), PA (4)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricia_agaricites

## Photo

![Lettuce Coral](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lettuce-coral/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/93523

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lettuce-coral?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).