DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Epizoanthus sabulosus
- Water temperature16°C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Eldon E Ball, 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: 16 records
- February: 13 records
- March: 9 records
- April: 10 records
- May: 10 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 8 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 17 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 16°C
Photos
(c) Eldon E Ball, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Belinda Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Epizoanthus sabulosum
Similar species
American zoanthidEpizoanthus papillosus
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).
- 26 open-data records from 1963 to 1963.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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