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Agaricia agaricites  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 53050

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): lettuce coral
 
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumAnthozoa   
          ClassAnthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 – corals, flower animals, sea anemones, anémones de mer, coraux, água viva, anêmona, antozoário, caravela, corais, gorgônia  
             SubclassHexacorallia   
                OrderScleractinia Bourne, 1900 – stony corals, madrépores  
                   SuborderFungiina Verrill, 1865  
                      FamilyAgariciidae Gray, 1847  
                         GenusAgaricia Lamarck, 1801  
                            SpeciesAgaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) – lettuce coral  
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                               Subspecies Agaricia agaricites agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                               Subspecies Agaricia agaricites carinata Wells, 1973 – keeled lettuce coral 
                               Subspecies Agaricia agaricites danai Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1860 – scaled lettuce coral 
                               Subspecies Agaricia agaricites purpurea (Leaueur, 1821) – purple lettuce coral 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Agaricia agaricites   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cairns, Stephen D.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Species richness of recent Scleractinia   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 59   
  Page(s): 1-46   
  Publisher: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
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