Isopora cuneata

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Endangered

Usual depth7–14 m
Water temperature22–30 °C
Best monthsNovember and December
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: 0 records
March: 0 records
April: 0 records
May: 5 records
June: 2 records
July: 1 records
August: 15 records
September: 13 records
October: 0 records
November: 53 records
December: 39 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 7–14 m · Deepest record: 26 m

0–10 m: 95 records
10–20 m: 26 records
20–30 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C

20–22 °C: 109 records
22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 77 records
26–28 °C: 175 records
28–30 °C: 77 records

Names and classification

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: クサビニオウミドリイシ, ヒラニオウミドリイシ
Simplified Chinese: 楔形同軸珊瑚

Other scientific names: Acropora (Isopora) cuneata, Acropora (Isopora) hispida, Acropora (Isopora) plicata, Acropora (Isopora) securis, Acropora cuneata, Acropora hispida, Acropora plicata, Acropora reclinata, Acropora securis, Isopora hispida, Isopora securis, Madrepora (Isopora) cuneata, Madrepora (Isopora) hispida, Madrepora (Isopora) plicata, Madrepora (Isopora) securis, Madrepora cuneata, Madrepora hispida, Madrepora incrustans, Madrepora plicata, Madrepora securis

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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).
648 open-data records from 1846 to 2013.

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