DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Frogspawn Coral
Fimbriaphyllia divisa
- Usual depth2–19 m
- Water temperature22–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, July, and August
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Fimbriaphyllia divisa, commonly known as frogspawn coral, is a large-polyped stony coral native to the Indo-Pacific islands. It is a commonly kept species in the marine aquarium hobby. The related coral Fimbriaphyllia paradivisa is frequently misidentified as frogspawn leading to some confusion. Fimbriaphyllia divisa has a corallite skeleton with a flabello-meandroid "wall" structure whereas Fimbriaphyllia paradivisa has a tree-like branching structure with separate corallites.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Fimbriaphyllia divisa”, 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: 10 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 9 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 11 records
- August: 15 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 10 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–19 m · Deepest record: 30 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C
Photos
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) TonyT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Frogspawn Coral
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- コエダナガレハナサンゴ
- Simplified Chinese
- 分歧真葉珊瑚
Other scientific names: Euphyllia (Fimbriaphyllia) divisa, Euphyllia divisa
Similar species
hammer-tooth coralFimbriaphyllia ancora
Crystal coralGalaxea fascicularis
Tombstone coralCoeloseris mayeri
Joker coralEuphyllia glabrescens
Octopus coralGalaxea astreata
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).
- 156 open-data records from 1979 to 2010.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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