Echinopora hirsutissima Hedgehog Coral, Prickly-pored Coral

Echinopora hirsutissima is commonly referred to as Hedgehog Coral, Prickly-pored Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien

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Courtesy of the author Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien . Please visit www.coralsoftheworld.org for more information.

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lexID:: 1653
AphiaID:: 207420

Scientific:: Echinopora hirsutissima
German:: Igel-Koralle, Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Hedgehog Coral, Prickly-pored Coral

Category:: Steenkoralen LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Echinopora (Genus) > hirsutissima (Species)
Initial determination:: Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Occurrence:: Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea, (the) Maldives, Arabian Sea, Australia, Cambodia, Comores, Egypt, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 1 - 40 Meter
Habitats:: Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Easy to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country))

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Echinopora pacifica
Echinopora pacifica

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2005-10-16 11:22:29
Last edit:: 2026-03-11 16:36:53

Captive breeding / propagation

Echinopora hirsutissima is easy to breed. There are offspring in the trade available. If you are interested in Echinopora hirsutissima, please contact us at Your dealer for a progeny instead of a wildcat. You help to protect the natural stocks.

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Echinopora hirsutissima Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Infos from AIMS;
Description: Colonies are submassive or encrusting. Corallites are 4-7 millimetres diameter and are thick walled with prominent skeletal structures. Costae are strongly beaded. The coenosteum is densely covered with thick, finely elaborated spinules.
Color: Mustard, green, brown or purple, often with pale septo-costae.

Similar Species: Echinopora irregularis. See also E. horrida and E. gemmacea, which have less coarse corallite structures and smaller corallites.

Synonymised names
Echinopora helli Rousseau, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Echinopora hirsutisima Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Echinopora solidior Gardiner, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Echinopora tertia Gardiner, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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