DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Clavularia crassa
- Water temperature19–26 °C
- Best monthsJuly, August, and September
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Parent Géry, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
Clavularia crassa is a species of colonial soft coral in the family Clavulariidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It was first described in 1848 by the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards from a specimen collected off the coast of Algeria.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 6 records
- February: 13 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 16 records
- May: 11 records
- June: 24 records
- July: 48 records
- August: 47 records
- September: 30 records
- October: 16 records
- November: 7 records
- December: 11 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–26 °C
Photos
(c) Géry PARENT, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Parent Géry, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Sarah Faulwetter, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Chris Taklis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Sarah Faulwetter, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Golfopolikayak, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- German
- Röhrenkoralle
- French
- Clavulaire commune
Other scientific names: Anthelia crassa, Anthelia petricola, Clavularia inordinata, Clavularia ochracea, Clavularia petricola, Clavularia steveninoae, Cornularia crassa
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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).
- 180 open-data records from 1937 to 2023.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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