Endopachys grayi

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth70–343 m
Water temperature17–29 °C
Best monthsMay, September, and October
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 11 records
February: 8 records
March: 13 records
April: 5 records
May: 31 records
June: 11 records
July: 16 records
August: 15 records
September: 28 records
October: 36 records
November: 27 records
December: 6 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 70–343 m · Deepest record: 2,226.5 m

20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 6 records
50–60 m: 9 records
60–70 m: 19 records
70–80 m: 22 records
80–90 m: 4 records
90–100 m: 7 records
100–110 m: 17 records
110–120 m: 22 records
120–130 m: 31 records
130+ m: 265 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 17–29 °C

16–18 °C: 4 records
18–20 °C: 43 records
20–22 °C: 25 records
22–24 °C: 40 records
24–26 °C: 109 records
26–28 °C: 111 records
28–30 °C: 113 records

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Simplified Chinese: 灰白內生珊瑚

Other scientific names: Endopachys japonicum, Endopachys oahense, Endopachys vaughani, Endopachys weberi, Tropidocyathus longiseptum

Similar species

Beaked stony coral
Enallopsammia rostrata
Bowl coral
Duncanopsammia peltata
Eguchipsammia fistula
Smooth bum coral
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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).
525 open-data records from 1889 to 2022.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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