DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Plate coral
Heliofungia actiniformis
- Usual depth2–14 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsMay
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Heliofungia actiniformis is a solitary species of mushroom coral, a large polyp stony coral in the family Fungiidae. This coral is found in shallow water in the Indo-Pacific region, as it is a zooxanthellate. H. actiniformis is a popular coral in the reef aquarium trade; wild populations are threatened by disease, climate change, and over-collection for the aquarium trade, and the species is considered vulnerable by the IUCN.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 6 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 22 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 12 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–14 m · Deepest record: 450 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Plate coral, Disk Coral, Long-tentacle Plate Coral, Mushroom coral, plate coral
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Anemonen-Pilzkoralle
- French
- Corail-anémone
- Japanese
- パラオクサビライシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 輻形太陽蕈珊瑚
Other scientific names: Fungia (Heliofungia) actiniformis, Fungia actiniformis, Fungia actinodiscus, Fungia crassitentaculata, Fungia diversidens, Fungia granulicostata
Similar species
mushroom coralDanafungia horrida
- mushroom coral
Cycloseris cyclolites
- Disc coral
Fungia fungites
- 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).
- 349 open-data records from 1833 to 2015.
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