DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
mushroom coral
Danafungia scruposa
- Usual depth2–15 m
- Water temperature23–29 °C
- Best monthsAugust and November
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Debra Baker · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Danafungia scruposa is a species of coral that is the first to have been observed to eat jellyfish. It was described by Klunzinger in 1879 and has a diameter of around 25 centimetres (10 in). It is rated as a least-concern species.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Danafungia scruposa”, 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: 7 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 13 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 7 records
- June: 11 records
- July: 13 records
- August: 27 records
- September: 15 records
- October: 11 records
- November: 20 records
- December: 11 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–15 m · Deepest record: 26 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Photos
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jay Brasher, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- mushroom coral
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- ナミトゲクサビライシ
Other scientific names: Fungia (Danafungia) corona, Fungia (Danafungia) madagascarensis, Fungia (Danafungia) scruposa, Fungia (Danafungia) subrepanda, Fungia (Verrillofungia) fieldi, Fungia corona, Fungia fieldi, Fungia lobulata, Fungia madagascarensis, Fungia madagascariensis, Fungia rugosa, Fungia scruposa, Fungia subrepanda
Similar species
mushroom coralDanafungia horrida
Rough feather coralCtenactis echinata
Disc coralFungia fungites
Plate coralHeliofungia actiniformis
Slipper coralHerpolitha limax
mushroom coralLithophyllon concinna
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).
- 406 open-data records from 1879 to 2010.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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