DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
mushroom coral
Cycloseris costulata
- Usual depth8–40 m
- Water temperature22–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, July, and September
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 6 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 8 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 8–40 m · Deepest record: 55 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- mushroom coral
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Corail-champignon lisse
- Japanese
- スジマンジュウイシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 直肋圓珊瑚
Other scientific names: Cycloseris marginata, Fungia (Cycloseris) costulata, Fungia (Cycloseris) halophila, Fungia (Cycloseris) wanneri, Fungia costulata, Fungia doederleini, Fungia halophila, Fungia marginata, Fungia sibogae, Fungia wanneri
Similar species
- mushroom coral
Cycloseris cyclolites
Flat coralCycloseris explanulata
mushroom coralCycloseris fragilis
mushroom coralCycloseris vaughani
Wells coralCycloseris wellsi
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).
- 151 open-data records from 1889 to 2012.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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