DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Joker's boomerang coral
Polyphyllia talpina
- Usual depth2–14 m
- Water temperature18–29 °C
- Best monthsMay and September
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 17 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 9 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–14 m · Deepest record: 27.4 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Joker's boomerang coral, Lingual coral, Tongue coral, Feather Coral, lingual coral, tongue coral
Names in 5 more languages
- German
- Zungenkoralle
- French
- Corail-champignon taupe
- Japanese
- イシナマコ
- Thai
- ปะการังรองเท้าแตะ, ปะการังลายใบไม้
- Simplified Chinese
- 多葉珊瑚
Other scientific names: Agaricia talpa, Cryptabacia leptophylla, Cryptabacia talpa, Cryptabacia talpina, Fungia talpa, Fungia talpina, Halomitra fungia, Herpetolitha talpina, Herpolitha talpa, Madrepora limax, Polyphillia talpina, Polyphyllia fungia, Polyphyllia leptophylla, Polyphyllia pelvis, Polyphyllia producta, Polyphyllia sigmoides, Polyphyllia talpa
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 321 open-data records from 1801 to 2010.
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