Fragile Saucer Coral Agaricia fragilis

Classification

Agariciidae [family]

Agaricia [genus] (7)

Agaricia [genus] (7)

Recorded on	Curaçao
	Sint Eustatius

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius

Notes on presence status	Marine species are considered ubiquitous around the Dutch Caribbean by Macrae et al (2021), but this species has not been recorded yet on Aruba, Bonaire, St. Maarten and Saba.

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