
DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Jewel Anemone
Corynactis australis
- Usual depth1–19 m
- Water temperature11–21 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, March, and November
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: no rights reserved, uploaded by Jaco Grundling · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 138 records
- February: 80 records
- March: 92 records
- April: 68 records
- May: 46 records
- June: 42 records
- July: 51 records
- August: 54 records
- September: 69 records
- October: 65 records
- November: 93 records
- December: 76 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–19 m · Deepest record: 145 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 11–21 °C
Photos

(c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Christopher Stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Christopher Stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) bughntr, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Jewel Anemone
Other scientific names: Corynactis albida, Corynactis gracilis, Corynactis haddoni, Corynactis mollis
Similar species
Club-tipped anemoneCorynactis californica
giant ball corallimorphParacorynactis hoplites
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).
- 203 open-data records from 1951 to 2013.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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