DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Hicksonella princeps
- Usual depth8–718 m
- Water temperature25–29 °C
- Best monthsApril, September, and October
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 8–718 m · Deepest record: 1,015 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Simplified Chinese
- 根葉希氏珊瑚
Other scientific names: Rhabdoplexaura princeps
Similar species
Golden sea fanIsis hippuris
- Brown brushy sea fan
Rumphella aggregata
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).
- 118 open-data records from 1990 to 2017.
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