DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
mushroom coral
Cycloseris vaughani
- Usual depth15–114 m
- Water temperature21–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, August, and October
- 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: 8 records
- February: 41 records
- March: 12 records
- April: 23 records
- May: 19 records
- June: 13 records
- July: 8 records
- August: 33 records
- September: 24 records
- October: 46 records
- November: 12 records
- December: 6 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 15–114 m · Deepest record: 475 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–29 °C
Photos
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- mushroom coral
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- マンジュウイシモドキ
- Simplified Chinese
- 佛氏圓珊瑚
Other scientific names: Fungia (Cycloseris) vaughani, Fungia vaughani
Similar species
- mushroom coral
Cycloseris cyclolites
mushroom coralCycloseris fragilis
- Distorted Mushroom Coral
Cycloseris distorta
- mushroom coral
Cycloseris sinensis
- 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).
- 226 open-data records from 1902 to 2012.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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