#5001 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co

Cushion Coral

Cladocora caespitosa

ENendangered 🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Gianfrs · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Dean Zagorac · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © sebastien_lecomte · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © MARIA SYNATIKA · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Xavier Mas · CC BY 4.0
9. © Sylvie Omnès · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © 107120830535687523870 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Cladocora caespitosa , commonly known as madrepora a cuscino , madrepora pagnotta (Coral loaf) or "cushion coral", is a stony coral of the subclass Hexacorallia. This species forms the only true coral reef in the Mediterranean Sea.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,690iNaturalist observations
threat ENendangered

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,690 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1767 (259 years ago).
Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.