Bowl coral

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 98 records
February: 81 records
March: 85 records
April: 103 records
May: 137 records
June: 124 records
July: 106 records
August: 146 records
September: 108 records
October: 145 records
November: 87 records
December: 80 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–14 m · Deepest record: 70 m

0–10 m: 181 records
10–20 m: 49 records
20–30 m: 3 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 2 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: 3 records
20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 31 records
24–26 °C: 104 records
26–28 °C: 90 records
28–30 °C: 31 records

Photos

(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Belinda Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Bowl coral, disc coral, Pagoda Coral

Names in 4 more languages

French: Corail-coupe
Japanese: オオスリバチサンゴ
Thai: ปะการังจาน
Simplified Chinese: 盾形盤珊瑚

Other scientific names: Gemmipora fungiformis, Gemmipora peltata, Madrepora peltata, Matrepora peltata, Turbinaria dichotoma, Turbinaria marima, Turbinaria maxima, Turbinaria peltata

Similar species

Beaked stony coral
Enallopsammia rostrata
Eguchipsammia fistula
Endopachys grayi
Smooth bum coral
Heteropsammia cochlea
Orange cup coral
Tubastraea coccinea
Black cup coral
Tubastraea micranthus

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).
610 open-data records from 1790 to 2016.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.