Agaricia fragilis Fragile Saucer Coral, Constricted Leaf Coral

Agaricia fragilis is commonly referred to as Fragile Saucer Coral, Constricted Leaf Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: moyen. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 4095
AphiaID:: 287912

Scientific:: Agaricia fragilis
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Fragile Saucer Coral, Constricted Leaf Coral

Category:: Coraux durs LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Agariciidae (Family) > Agaricia (Genus) > fragilis (Species)
Initial determination:: Dana, 1848

Occurrence:: Guadeloupe, Barbados, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, 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 - 110 Meter
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: 74.12 °F - 82.4 °F (23.4°C - 28°C)
Food:: Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Dustfood , Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
Difficulty:: moyen
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

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

Red List:

Data deficient (DD)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-02-06 17:11:39
Last edit:: 2018-01-28 21:51:54

Élevages

Des élevages de Agaricia fragilis sont possibles. Malheureusement il y en a pas assez pour le commerce. Si vous vous intéressez pour Agaricia fragilis demandez a votre commerçant du élevage. Si vous avez déjà Agaricia fragilis essayez vous même de faire un élevage! Vous pourriez aider au commerce et de protéger la nature.

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“From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”

Agaricia fragilis
Dana, 1848

Characters: Colonies form flat unifacial explanate plates with corallites in long, roughly concentric valleys. Valleys are closely (2-4 mm) spaced. Corallites are small, close together (5-8 per cm) and face upwards. Columellae are weakly developed.

Colour: Grey, grey-brown or green.

Habitat: Sheltered reef environments.

Abundance: Generally uncommon.

Similar species: Agaricia grahamae , Agaricia undata

Taxonomic note: This species has named variations. Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic references: Laborel (1969), Wells (1973b). Additional identification guides: Colin (1978), Humann (1993).

External links

Coralpedia (en). Abgerufen am 19.09.2020.
Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Agaricia fragilis (c) “From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”

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