Aurora anemone

Heteractis aurora

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–42 m
Water temperature22–30 °C
Best monthsMay, October, and December
How commonOccasional

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About this species

Heteractis aurora is a species of sea anemone in the family Heteractidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Heteractis aurora”, 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: 2 records
February: 0 records
March: 0 records
April: 0 records
May: 6 records
June: 1 records
July: 1 records
August: 1 records
September: 0 records
October: 5 records
November: 2 records
December: 4 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–42 m · Deepest record: 150 m

0–10 m: 25 records
10–20 m: 10 records
20–30 m: 7 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 3 records
50–60 m: 2 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C

22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 13 records
26–28 °C: 32 records
28–30 °C: 70 records

Names and classification

English: Aurora anemone, Beaded sea anemone, Button anemone, Mat anemone, aurora anemone, beaded sea anemone, button anemone, carpet anemone, mat anemone

Names in 4 more languages

German: Glasperlenanemone, Glasperlen-Anemone
French: Anémone collier de perles
Japanese: キッカイソギンチャク, ジュズダマイソギンチャク
Simplified Chinese: 串珠雙輻海葵（念珠海葵）

Other scientific names: Actinia aurora, Antheopsis koseirensis, Bunodes koseirensis, Ixalactis simplex, Phymanthus simplex, Radianthus (Antheopsis) koseirensis, Radianthus koseirensis, Radianthus koseiriensis, Radianthus simplex

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).
212 open-data records from 1833 to 2014.

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