DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Giant Sea Fan
Annella mollis
- Usual depth15–1,218 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, September, and November
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Annella mollis is a species of soft corals belonging to the family Subergorgiidae. They live in areas in the Indo-West Pacific, around 12 to 18 meters deep, in lower reef slopes, on rocks and sand substrates.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Annella mollis”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 27 records
- February: 35 records
- March: 38 records
- April: 71 records
- May: 37 records
- June: 40 records
- July: 45 records
- August: 54 records
- September: 79 records
- October: 56 records
- November: 92 records
- December: 70 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 15–1,218 m · Deepest record: 3,335 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Photos
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Dr. Guido Bohne, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) 陳德範（Chen, De-Fan）, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Donald Davesne, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Giant Sea Fan
Names in 3 more languages
- German
- Riesen-Fächerkoralle
- French
- Gorgone géante
- Japanese
- ウチワヒラヤギ
Other scientific names: Euplexaura mollis, Subergorgia hicksoni, Subergorgia mollis, Suberogorgia hicksoni, Suberogorgia mollis
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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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 476 open-data records from 1910 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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