Bracket coral

Podabacia crustacea

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth2–13 m
Water temperature-0–30 °C
Best monthsMay
How commonOccasional

All species

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 8 records
March: 4 records
April: 8 records
May: 37 records
June: 1 records
July: 3 records
August: 4 records
September: 8 records
October: 4 records
November: 1 records
December: 6 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–13 m · Deepest record: 368 m

0–10 m: 180 records
10–20 m: 27 records
20–30 m: 3 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 4 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -0–30 °C

-2–0 °C: 1 records
0–2 °C: 0 records
2–4 °C: 0 records
4–6 °C: 0 records
6–8 °C: 0 records
8–10 °C: 0 records
10–12 °C: 0 records
12–14 °C: 0 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 201 records
26–28 °C: 147 records
28–30 °C: 77 records

Names and classification

English: Bracket coral, bracket coral

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: ヤエヤマカワラサンゴ
Simplified Chinese: 殼形足柄珊瑚

Other scientific names: Halomitra (Podabacia) crustacea, Lithophyllon crustacea, Madrepora crustacea, Podabacia cyathoides, Podabacia involuta, Podobacia crustacea

Similar species

mushroom coral
Danafungia 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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
508 open-data records from 1766 to 2012.

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