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Updated 9/9/2021

Family Agariciidae

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Helioseris cucullata

L: Agaricia humilis; R: Leptoseris cucullata

French Reef, Key Largo, 50 feet

SUNRAY LETTUCE CORAL

Fairly common on vertical ledges at any depth.  Thin brown plates which may be tiered or encrusting, corallites in valleys separated by coarse ridges.  Florida to Venezuela & the Gulf of Mexico.  Formerly known as Leptoseris cucullata.