Coiled wire coral

Cirrhipathes anguina

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth3–328 m
Water temperature24–29 °C
Best monthsJune and September
How commonRare

All species

Photo credit: (c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 1 records
February: 4 records
March: 1 records
April: 2 records
May: 3 records
June: 17 records
July: 1 records
August: 6 records
September: 11 records
October: 3 records
November: 5 records
December: 4 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 3–328 m · Deepest record: 381 m

0–10 m: 4 records
10–20 m: 5 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 6 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110+ m: 6 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C

22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 9 records
26–28 °C: 9 records
28–30 °C: 10 records

Photos

Names and classification

English: Coiled wire coral, Whip coral, Black coral, coiled wire coral, whip coral, Yellow Wire Coral

Names in 4 more languages

German: Gewundene Dörnchenkoralle, Gewundene Drahtkoralle
French: Corail fil-de-fer tordu
Japanese: ムチカラマツ
Korean: 실해송

Other scientific names: Antipathes (Cirripathes) anguina, Antipathes anguina, Cirripathes (Eucirripathes) anguina, Cirripathes anguina, Eucirripathes anguina

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).
251 open-data records from 1846 to 2013.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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