DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Litophyton viridis
- Usual depth10–43 m
- Water temperature24–29 °C
- Best monthsOctober
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 10–43 m · Deepest record: 42.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Ammothea sanderi, Ammothea stuhlmanni, Ammothea viridis, Lithophytum acutifolium, Lithophytum crosslandi, Lithophytum sanderi, Lithophytum stuhlmanni, Lithophytum viridis, Litophyton acutifolium, Litophyton crosslandi, Litophyton sanderi, Litophyton stuhlmanni
Similar species
Broccoli CoralLitophyton arboreum
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).
- 20 open-data records from 1908 to 2009.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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