DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Lobophytum sarcophytoides
- Usual depth10 m
- Water temperature25–29 °C
- Best monthsOctober
- How commonRare
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About this species
Lobophytum sarcophytoides is a soft coral known for two new cembrane-type diterpenoids, lobophytins and four new prostaglandins from a specimen.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Lobophytum sarcophytoides”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
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: 3 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 9 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 10 m · Deepest record: 10 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C
Photos
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(c) Doreen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Andrew Parker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- オオシャコウネタケ
- Simplified Chinese
- 肉葉形軟珊瑚
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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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 30 open-data records from 1919 to 2010.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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