DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
mushroom coral
Lithophyllon concinna
- Usual depth2–15 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsMay and August
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 32 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 29 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–15 m · Deepest record: 44.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- mushroom coral
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ヒラタクサビライシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 和諧石葉珊瑚
Other scientific names: Cycloseris sinuosa, Cycloseris sinuousa, Fungia (Verrillofungia) concinna, Fungia (Verrillofungia) plana, Fungia concina, Fungia concinna, Fungia plana, Fungia serrulata, Verrillofungia concinna
Similar species
- mushroom coral
Lithophyllon repanda
mushroom coralDanafungia horrida
- mushroom coral
Cycloseris cyclolites
- Disc coral
Fungia fungites
- Plate coral
Heliofungia actiniformis
- Slipper coral
Herpolitha limax
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).
- 423 open-data records from 1864 to 2012.
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