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Elongate Mushroom Coral
Pleuractis paumotensis
- Usual depth2–15 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsAugust and September
- How commonRare
About this species
Pleuractis paumotensis, commonly called Plate coral, is a species of stony coral with a single large polyp. Plate coral are commonly kept in marine aquaria.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Pleuractis paumotensis”, 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: 0 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 17 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–15 m · Deepest record: 44.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Elongate Mushroom Coral, mushroom coral
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Corail-champignon des Paumotu
- Japanese
- ゾウリイシ
- Thai
- ปะการังเห็ดรูปรี
Other scientific names: Cyclolithes paumotensis, Fungia (Pleuractis) paumotensis, Fungia cacharias, Fungia carcharias, Fungia paumotensis, Fungia proechinata, Fungia subpaumotensis, Pleuractis scutaria
Similar species
mushroom coralDanafungia horrida
- mushroom coral
Cycloseris cyclolites
- Disc coral
Fungia fungites
- Plate coral
Heliofungia actiniformis
- Slipper coral
Herpolitha limax
- mushroom coral
Lithophyllon concinna
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).
- 417 open-data records from 1833 to 2012.
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