DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Coelogorgia palmosa
- Usual depth6–19 m
- Water temperature27–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, March, and April
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Emanuele Santarelli, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
Coelogorgia is a monotypic genus of corals belonging to the monotypic family Coelogorgiidae. The only species is Coelogorgia palmosa.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Coelogorgia”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 10 records
- April: 11 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 8 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 6–19 m · Deepest record: 24.7 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 27–29 °C
Photos
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) SiphonophoreSlinger, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
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).
- 63 open-data records from 1974 to 2018.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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