Template:Did you know nominations/Agaricia agaricites


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The result was: promoted by Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 04:31, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Agaricia agaricites, Agaricia tenuifolia

 * ... that in a bleaching event in the Caribbean, 80% of the lettuce coral was affected but recovered, while in another, all the thin leaf lettuce coral died?
 * ... that both lettuce coral (pictured) and thin leaf lettuce coral can be considered "weed" corals?
 * Reviewed: Josh Naylor, Demi Orimoloye

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 05:28, 9 June 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Both articles long enough (each ~2500 characters), new enough, neutral and free from plagiarism. QPQ okay. However, the hook is inaccurate per sources: while the bleaching event of Agaricia tenuifolia (thin leaf lettuce coral) occurred in the Caribbean (Ambergris Cay), that of Agaricia agaricites (lettuce coral) occurred off the coast of Bahia, Brazil. It's already a bit of apples and oranges to compare different results from individual studies and years, and different regions further muddies the picture. If an accurate hook can be re-written (ideally from a source that describes both corals in one study, or better yet a single secondary source that compares generalities between the two, as isolated studies may or may not agree with overall trends), I will recommend promotion to DYK. Lastly, I would recommend including the image below, as it appears ot be the one on Commons most reliably ID'd. --Animalparty-- (talk) 06:33, 29 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Good point. I am not too bothered about including an image in the nomination. I have added some more information from a secondary source to both articles so we could have ALT1 or ALT2, or alternatively I could split this nomination into two separate hooks. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:43, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
 * *ALT1 ... that lettuce coral (pictured) and thin leaf lettuce coral are both susceptible to coral bleaching?
 * ALT2 ... that lettuce coral (pictured) and thin leaf lettuce coral can both be considered "weed" corals?
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Both are verified, but I think ALT2 is the more more interesting of the two Alt hooks. Added a slightly revised version to the template, as well as thumbnail. --Animalparty-- (talk) 22:27, 1 July 2015 (UTC)