DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Disc coral
Fungia fungites
- Usual depth2–15 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsMay
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Fungia is a genus of corals in the family Fungiidae. It is monotypic with the single species Fungia fungites, which is found growing on reefs in the Indo-Pacific.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Fungia”, 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: 11 records
- February: 27 records
- March: 22 records
- April: 20 records
- May: 139 records
- June: 10 records
- July: 31 records
- August: 32 records
- September: 21 records
- October: 14 records
- November: 15 records
- December: 17 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–15 m · Deepest record: 160.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Disc coral, Mushroom coral, Common Mushroom Coral, disc coral, mushroom coral
Names in 2 more languages
- German
- Pilzkoralle
- Japanese
- シタザラクサビライシ
Other scientific names: Fungia (Fungia) fungites, Fungia agariciformis, Fungia confertifolia, Fungia crassilamellata, Fungia crassolamellata, Fungia dentata, Fungia haimei, Fungia lacera, Fungia papillosa, Fungia patella, Fungia patellaris, Fungia pliculosa, Fungia tenuifolia, Halomitra (Halomitra) fungites, Halomitra fungites, Madrepora fungites, Madrepora patella, Matrepora fungites, Monomyces patella
Similar species
mushroom coralDanafungia horrida
- mushroom coral
Cycloseris cyclolites
- Plate coral
Heliofungia actiniformis
- Slipper coral
Herpolitha limax
- mushroom coral
Lithophyllon concinna
- mushroom coral
Lithophyllon repanda
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).
- 1,396 open-data records from 1758 to 2012.
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