Porcelain coral

Leptoseris mycetoseroides

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth14–49 m
Water temperature-0–30 °C
Best monthsFebruary and April
How commonOccasional

All species

Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 7 records
February: 504 records
March: 166 records
April: 571 records
May: 43 records
June: 18 records
July: 17 records
August: 30 records
September: 23 records
October: 20 records
November: 31 records
December: 14 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 14–49 m · Deepest record: 79 m

0–10 m: 82 records
10–20 m: 108 records
20–30 m: 15 records
30–40 m: 75 records
40–50 m: 948 records
50–60 m: 92 records
60–70 m: 11 records
70–80 m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -0–30 °C

-2–0 °C: 1 records
0–2 °C: 0 records
2–4 °C: 0 records
4–6 °C: 0 records
6–8 °C: 0 records
8–10 °C: 0 records
10–12 °C: 0 records
12–14 °C: 0 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 6 records
24–26 °C: 31 records
26–28 °C: 160 records
28–30 °C: 572 records

Photos

(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ryan McMinds, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Porcelain coral, porcelain coral, Ridge coral, Slender Lettuce Coral

Names in 3 more languages

Japanese: アバタセンベイサンゴ
Korean: 버섯판열돌산호
Simplified Chinese: 環柔紋珊瑚, 網格柔紋珊瑚

Other scientific names: Agaricia minikoiensis, Pavona minikoiensis

Similar species

Porcelain coral
Leptoseris hawaiiensis
Porcelain coral
Leptoseris explanata
Leptoseris fragilis
Porcelain coral
Leptoseris gardineri
Porcelain coral
Leptoseris incrustans
Porcelain coral
Leptoseris papyracea

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).
1,557 open-data records from 1953 to 2012.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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