DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Anthopleura kurogane
- Usual depth0 m
- Water temperature13–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary and May
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 29 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 6 records
- May: 18 records
- June: 7 records
- July: 15 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 9 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 16 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0 m · Deepest record: 0 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 13–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- クロガネイソギンチャク
Other scientific names: Anthopleura kruogané, Anthopleura kurogané
Similar species
- Aggregating anemone
Anthopleura elegantissima
- Small Brown Sea Anemone
Anthopleura hermaphroditica
- Anjuna Anemone
Anthopleura anjunae
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).
- 170 open-data records from 1969 to 2023.
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