Agaricia fragilisis commonly referred to as Fragile Saucer Coral, Constricted Leaf Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.
The offspring of Agaricia fragilis are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Agaricia fragilis, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Agaricia fragilis, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.
“From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”
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).