Whitestar Sheet Coral
Whitestar Sheet Coral, Polyp Detail
| Name: | Whitestar Sheet Coral |
| Scientific Name: | Agaricia lamarcki |
| Family: | Lettuce corals |
| Taxonomic: | Agaricidae |
| ID Group: | Corals, Algae |
| Size: | up to 6 ft. |
| Depth Range: | On the reef (10 – 60 ft.) |
| Sightings: | Seen sometimes |
This Sheet Coral forms large, yellow-brown to golden-brown flat plates shaped like fans, spirals, or bowls. Its surface has rounded ridges with valleys in between. Small white star-shaped polyps sit in the valleys.
Whitestar Sheet Coral is also known as Lamarck's Sheet Coral.