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Species sheet

Anemone coral

Heliofungia actiniformis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

AnimalsCnidariaHard corals (Scleractinians or Madreporaria)

Remarkable

Species status description

Liste rouge IUCN : vulnerable

Distribution map

Geographic areas (BioObs)

New Caledonia

Observation type

Scuba divingApnea / Snorkelling

Other common names

HeliofungiaBritish English
Long tentacle fungiaBritish English
Plate coralBritish English
Sunflower mushroom hard coralBritish English
AnemonenkoralleGerman (Germany)
Corail-anémoneFrench (France)
Corail actinimorpheFrench (France)
HeliofungiaFrench (France)
Corallo a piattoItalian (Italy)
AnemoonkoraalDutch (Netherlands)

Other invalid scientific names

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Links to our partners' sheets

INPN — Heliofungia actiniformis

GBIF — Heliofungia actiniformis

Sources

LAMARE Véronique, SCAPS Patrick in : DORIS, 02/04/2022 : Heliofungia actiniformis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833), https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/2142
IUCN-Red List Heliofungia

How to cite this BioObs sheet?

BioObs, 11/04/2023 : Heliofungia actiniformis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833), https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/2060

Modification history

Created by Jean-Pierre CASTILLO on 10/04/2023

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