DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Wrinkle coral
Coscinaraea crassa
- Usual depth5–30 m
- Water temperature23–29 °C
- Best monthsJanuary and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Robin White, 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: 7 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 7 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–30 m · Deepest record: 30 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Photos
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Wrinkle coral, Thick sieve coral, wrinkle coral
Names in 1 more languages
- Simplified Chinese
- 殼狀篩孔珊瑚
Other scientific names: Coscinastrea crassa
Similar species
Wrinkle coralCoscinaraea marshae
Wrinkle coralCoscinaraea monile
- Wrinkle coral
Coscinaraea hahazimaensis
- Wrinkle coral
Coscinaraea mcneilli
crisp pillow coralAnomastraea irregularis
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).
- 38 open-data records from 1980 to 2004.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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