DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Fox coral
Nemenzophyllia turbida
- Water temperature28–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary and April
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–29 °C
Photos
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Fox coral, rounded bubblegum coral
Other scientific names: Plerogyra turbida
Similar species
- Branched cup coral
Blastomussa merleti
- Branched cup coral
Blastomussa wellsi
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).
- 5 open-data records from 1984 to 2006.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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