DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Conglomeratusclera coerulea
- Usual depth28.5 m
- Water temperature27°C
- Best monthsSeptember and October
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Jacek Pietruszewski, 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: 8 records
- February: 9 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 14 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 9 records
- September: 21 records
- October: 27 records
- November: 12 records
- December: 10 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 28.5 m · Deepest record: 28.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 27°C
Photos
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) linkie, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jacek Pietruszewski, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Cespitularia coerulea, Cespitularia taeniata
Similar species
Pulse coralAnthelia glauca
Pulsating XenidHeteroxenia fuscescens
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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