Beaked stony coral

Enallopsammia rostrata

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth458–1,269 m
Water temperature6–29 °C
Best monthsJuly and September
How commonCommon

All species

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 36 records
February: 55 records
March: 614 records
April: 1,235 records
May: 195 records
June: 129 records
July: 1,782 records
August: 151 records
September: 2,271 records
October: 581 records
November: 1,173 records
December: 23 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 458–1,269 m · Deepest record: 3,383 m

30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 2 records
110–120 m: 2 records
120–130 m: 0 records
130–140 m: 1 records
140+ m: 8,573 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 6–29 °C

4–6 °C: 1 records
6–8 °C: 1 records
8–10 °C: 12 records
10–12 °C: 2 records
12–14 °C: 13 records
14–16 °C: 8 records
16–18 °C: 11 records
18–20 °C: 28 records
20–22 °C: 131 records
22–24 °C: 21 records
24–26 °C: 330 records
26–28 °C: 77 records
28–30 °C: 361 records

Names and classification

English: Beaked stony coral, beaked stony coral

Names in 2 more languages

French: scléractiniaire rostré
Simplified Chinese: 突出海沙珊瑚

Other scientific names: Amphihelia adminicularis, Amphihelia rostrata, Anisopsammia amphelioides, Anisopsammia rostrata, Coenopsammia amphelioides, Dendrophyllia (Coenopsammia) amphelioides, Dendrophyllia amphelioides, Enallopsammia adminicularis, Enallopsammia amphelioides, Stereopsammia rostrata

Similar species

Enallopsammia pusilla
Bowl coral
Duncanopsammia peltata
Eguchipsammia fistula
Endopachys grayi
Smooth bum coral
Heteropsammia cochlea
Orange cup coral
Tubastraea coccinea

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).
8,915 open-data records from 1877 to 2025.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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