DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Burnt cup coral
Cladangia exusta
- Water temperature23–28 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and November
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Shaunak Modi, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Shaunak Modi · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 26 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 14 records
- April: 29 records
- May: 32 records
- June: 19 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 25 records
- November: 34 records
- December: 20 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–28 °C
Photos
(c) Shaunak Modi, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Shaunak Modi · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ashwit Shetty, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Shaunak Modi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Srichakra Pranav Tamarapalli, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Shaunak Modi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Burnt cup coral
Similar species
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 November 1, 2026.
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