Narella gigas

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth329–464 m
Water temperature25–28 °C
Best monthsSeptember and November
How commonRare

All species

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 5 records
February: 2 records
March: 7 records
April: 1 records
May: 2 records
June: 16 records
July: 2 records
August: 22 records
September: 149 records
October: 47 records
November: 182 records
December: 22 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 329–464 m · Deepest record: 1,866.5 m

230–240 m: 1 records
240–250 m: 0 records
250–260 m: 1 records
260–270 m: 0 records
270–280 m: 0 records
280–290 m: 2 records
290–300 m: 5 records
300–310 m: 8 records
310–320 m: 18 records
320–330 m: 11 records
330–340 m: 9 records
340+ m: 403 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 25–28 °C

24–26 °C: 457 records
26–28 °C: 0 records
28–30 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

Similar species

Narella dichotoma
Narella alata
Narella bayeri
Bowers's gold tree coral
Narella bowersi
Narella calamus
Narella clavata

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).
461 open-data records from 1971 to 2015.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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