Porcelain coral

Leptoseris scabra

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth5–51 m
Water temperature-0–30 °C
Best monthsMay, September, and December
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 2 records
February: 5 records
March: 1 records
April: 5 records
May: 8 records
June: 6 records
July: 4 records
August: 2 records
September: 11 records
October: 2 records
November: 0 records
December: 8 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–51 m · Deepest record: 274.5 m

0–10 m: 34 records
10–20 m: 50 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 3 records
40–50 m: 7 records
50–60 m: 4 records
60–70 m: 5 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110+ m: 2 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: 4 records
22–24 °C: 3 records
24–26 °C: 138 records
26–28 °C: 133 records
28–30 °C: 48 records

Names and classification

English: Porcelain coral, porcelain coral

Names in 3 more languages

French: Corail porcelaine rugueux
Japanese: ハシラセンベイサンゴ
Simplified Chinese: 鱗形柔紋珊瑚

Other scientific names: Domoseris regularis, Leptoseris colamna, Leptoseris columna, Leptoseris regularis, Leptoseris scaba

Similar species

Porcelain coral
Leptoseris explanata
Porcelain coral
Leptoseris gardineri
Porcelain coral
Leptoseris papyracea
Leaf coral
Pavona cactus
Leaf coral
Pavona decussata
Leaf coral
Pavona frondifera

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).
448 open-data records from 1875 to 2011.

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