DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Tubastraea diaphana
- Usual depth3–20 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsMay and November
- How commonRare
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: 0 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 8 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 7 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–20 m · Deepest record: 22 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Simplified Chinese
- 叉生管星珊瑚
Other scientific names: Coenopsammia diaphana, Dendrophyllia diaphana, Dendrophyllia sibogae, Tubastrea diaphana, Tubastrea sibogae
Similar species
- Orange cup coral
Tubastraea coccinea
- Black cup coral
Tubastraea micranthus
- Beaked stony coral
Enallopsammia rostrata
Bowl coralDuncanopsammia peltata
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).
- 162 open-data records from 1875 to 2004.
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