DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
mushroom coral
Cycloseris sinensis
- Usual depth15–112 m
- Water temperature24–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 26 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 13 records
- May: 9 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 12 records
- September: 12 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 15–112 m · Deepest record: 368 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- mushroom coral
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- シナマンジュウイシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 中國圓珊瑚
Other scientific names: Cycloseris discus, Cycloseris mycoides, Diaseris freycineti, Fungia (Cycloseris) martini, Fungia (Cycloseris) sinensis, Fungia (Cycloseris) subcyclolites, Fungia martini, Fungia sinensis, Fungia subcyclolites
Similar species
- mushroom coral
Cycloseris cyclolites
mushroom coralCycloseris fragilis
mushroom coralCycloseris vaughani
- Distorted Mushroom Coral
Cycloseris distorta
- mushroom coral
Cycloseris somervillei
mushroom coralDanafungia 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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 165 open-data records from 1851 to 2004.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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