Hemicorallium laauense

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth389–1,490 m
Water temperature-2–30 °C
Best monthsJuly 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: 13 records
February: 3 records
March: 15 records
April: 3 records
May: 7 records
June: 8 records
July: 161 records
August: 83 records
September: 41 records
October: 173 records
November: 20 records
December: 2 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 389–1,490 m · Deepest record: 1,921.5 m

210–220 m: 1 records
220–230 m: 0 records
230–240 m: 0 records
240–250 m: 0 records
250–260 m: 1 records
260–270 m: 0 records
270–280 m: 0 records
280–290 m: 0 records
290–300 m: 1 records
300–310 m: 0 records
310–320 m: 2 records
320+ m: 532 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -2–30 °C

-2–0 °C: 15 records
0–2 °C: 0 records
2–4 °C: 1 records
4–6 °C: 2 records
6–8 °C: 0 records
8–10 °C: 4 records
10–12 °C: 1 records
12–14 °C: 4 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 16 records
20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 5 records
24–26 °C: 455 records
26–28 °C: 14 records
28–30 °C: 25 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Corallium laauense, Diodogorgia laauense

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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).
549 open-data records from 1902 to 2024.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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