DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Anemonia mutabilis
- Water temperature25–25 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, September, and October
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) bughntr, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 37 records
- February: 21 records
- March: 13 records
- April: 35 records
- May: 8 records
- June: 25 records
- July: 21 records
- August: 23 records
- September: 56 records
- October: 54 records
- November: 33 records
- December: 36 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–25 °C
Photos
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) James K. Douch, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Alesha Teitzel, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jazmin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jazmin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) James K. Douch, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Similar species
Opelet anemoneAnemonia viridis
Beadlet anemoneActinia equina
Aggregating anemoneAnthopleura elegantissima
Red Waratah AnemoneActinia tenebrosa
Small Brown Sea AnemoneAnthopleura hermaphroditica
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- Species data updated October 31, 2026.
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