DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Smooth bum coral
Heteropsammia cochlea
- Usual depth23–290 m
- Water temperature21–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, May, and November
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Heteropsammia cochlea, also known as walking dendro, is a species of small solitary coral in the family Dendrophylliidae that is native to the Indo-Pacific area.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Heteropsammia cochlea”, 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: 27 records
- February: 70 records
- March: 19 records
- April: 15 records
- May: 48 records
- June: 31 records
- July: 12 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 34 records
- October: 19 records
- November: 50 records
- December: 11 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 23–290 m · Deepest record: 675.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Smooth bum coral, smooth bum coral, Walking Dendro
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Dent de cochon en huit
- Japanese
- スツボサンゴ
- Simplified Chinese
- 螺形歧異沙珊瑚
Other scientific names: Heteropsammia aphrodes, Heteropsammia michelinii, Heteropsammia ovalis, Heteropsammia pisum, Heteropsammia rotundata, Madrepora cochlea, Psammoseris cylicioides
Similar species
- Smooth bum coral
Heteropsammia eupsammides
- Beaked stony coral
Enallopsammia rostrata
Bowl coralDuncanopsammia peltata
- Orange cup coral
Tubastraea coccinea
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).
- 660 open-data records from 1781 to 2011.
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