Cladopsammia gracilis

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth3–165 m
Water temperature18–29 °C
Best monthsOctober, November, and December
How commonRare

All species

Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, 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: 28 records
February: 23 records
March: 11 records
April: 25 records
May: 29 records
June: 19 records
July: 33 records
August: 20 records
September: 27 records
October: 42 records
November: 46 records
December: 40 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 3–165 m · Deepest record: 195 m

0–10 m: 8 records
10–20 m: 7 records
20–30 m: 5 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 4 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–29 °C

16–18 °C: 2 records
18–20 °C: 2 records
20–22 °C: 3 records
22–24 °C: 6 records
24–26 °C: 23 records
26–28 °C: 11 records
28–30 °C: 15 records

Photos

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(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Emanuele Santarelli, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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Names and classification

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: オオイボキサンゴ, ナガイボキサンゴ
Korean: 단순가지돌산호

Other scientific names: Cladopsammia coarctata, Dendrophyllia arbuscula, Dendrophyllia coarctata, Dendrophyllia conferta, Dendrophyllia elegans, Dendrophyllia gracilis, Dendrophyllia klunzingeri, Rhizopsammia chamissoi, Tubastraea titjimaensis

Similar species

Beaked stony coral
Enallopsammia rostrata
Bowl coral
Duncanopsammia peltata
Eguchipsammia fistula
Endopachys grayi
Smooth bum coral
Heteropsammia cochlea
Orange cup coral
Tubastraea coccinea

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).
104 open-data records from 1875 to 2016.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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