DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Smooth bum coral
Heteropsammia eupsammides
- Usual depth12–70 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsApril and May
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 11 records
- May: 12 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 12–70 m · Deepest record: 281 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Smooth bum coral, smooth bum coral
Other scientific names: Heterocyathus eupsammides, Heteropsammia geminata, Heteropsammia multilobata
Similar species
- Smooth bum coral
Heteropsammia cochlea
- Beaked stony coral
Enallopsammia rostrata
Bowl coralDuncanopsammia peltata
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).
- 44 open-data records from 1874 to 1996.
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