mushroom coral

Danafungia horrida

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth2–15 m
Water temperature-0–29 °C
Best monthsAugust and September
How commonOccasional

All species

Photo credit: (c) Luke Lythgoe, 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: 5 records
February: 3 records
March: 12 records
April: 12 records
May: 5 records
June: 4 records
July: 14 records
August: 34 records
September: 23 records
October: 7 records
November: 8 records
December: 5 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–15 m · Deepest record: 44.5 m

0–10 m: 127 records
10–20 m: 73 records
20–30 m: 4 records
30–40 m: 4 records
40–50 m: 4 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -0–29 °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: 0 records
22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 137 records
26–28 °C: 183 records
28–30 °C: 162 records

Photos

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(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Анна Митрошенкова, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: mushroom coral

Names in 2 more languages

French: Corail-champignon hirsute
Japanese: ノコギリクサビライシ

Other scientific names: Danafungia danai, Fungia (Danafungia) danai, Fungia (Danafungia) horrida, Fungia (Danafungia) klunzingeri, Fungia (Danafungia) valida, Fungia acutidens, Fungia danae, Fungia danai, Fungia horrida, Fungia klunzingeri, Fungia valida

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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).
526 open-data records from 1846 to 2012.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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