mushroom coral

Cycloseris cyclolites

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth13–65 m
Water temperature-0–30 °C
Best monthsFebruary, September, and November
How commonOccasional

About this species

Cycloseris cyclolites is a species of disc coral in the family Fungiidae. It was first described by the French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1815. It is native to the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific region where it is found on soft sediment in shallow water.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Cycloseris cyclolites”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 19 records
February: 32 records
March: 4 records
April: 14 records
May: 14 records
June: 6 records
July: 22 records
August: 5 records
September: 49 records
October: 19 records
November: 48 records
December: 13 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 13–65 m · Deepest record: 271 m

0–10 m: 12 records
10–20 m: 39 records
20–30 m: 47 records
30–40 m: 57 records
40–50 m: 22 records
50–60 m: 5 records
60–70 m: 11 records
70–80 m: 11 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -0–30 °C

-2–0 °C: 1 records
0–2 °C: 0 records
2–4 °C: 0 records
4–6 °C: 0 records
6–8 °C: 0 records
8–10 °C: 0 records
10–12 °C: 0 records
12–14 °C: 0 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 66 records
24–26 °C: 96 records
26–28 °C: 139 records
28–30 °C: 67 records

Names and classification

English: mushroom coral

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: マンジュウイシ

Other scientific names: Cycloseris mortoni, Cycloseris sibogae, Diaseris japonica, Diaseris mortoni, Fungia (Cycloseris) cyclolites, Fungia adrianae, Fungia cyclolites, Fungia glans, Fungia japonica

Similar species

mushroom coral
Cycloseris fragilis
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Cycloseris vaughani
Distorted Mushroom Coral
Cycloseris distorta
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Cycloseris sinensis
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Cycloseris somervillei
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Danafungia horrida

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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
428 open-data records from 1815 to 2022.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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