Mushroom coral

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 13 records
February: 14 records
March: 9 records
April: 7 records
May: 10 records
June: 11 records
July: 5 records
August: 7 records
September: 10 records
October: 10 records
November: 9 records
December: 8 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–15 m · Deepest record: 26 m

0–10 m: 8 records
10–20 m: 13 records
20–30 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C

24–26 °C: 10 records
26–28 °C: 15 records
28–30 °C: 26 records

Photos

(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Mushroom coral

Names in 2 more languages

French: Corail-champignon à tentacules blancs
Japanese: シロユビトゲクサビライシ

Similar species

Rough feather coral
Ctenactis echinata
Ctenactis crassa
mushroom coral
Danafungia horrida
mushroom coral
Danafungia scruposa
Disc coral
Fungia fungites
Plate coral
Heliofungia actiniformis

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).
182 open-data records from 1980 to 2011.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.