Rough feather coral

About this species

Ctenactis echinata is a free-living species of solitary disc coral in the family Fungiidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region. This is a common species throughout its wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 5 records
February: 11 records
March: 6 records
April: 9 records
May: 13 records
June: 14 records
July: 22 records
August: 25 records
September: 16 records
October: 14 records
November: 6 records
December: 7 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–15 m · Deepest record: 42 m

0–10 m: 75 records
10–20 m: 18 records
20–30 m: 4 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C

20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 67 records
26–28 °C: 80 records
28–30 °C: 132 records

Photos

(c) luluchouette, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ryan McMinds, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Rough feather coral

Names in 3 more languages

French: Corail-champignon à rayons
Japanese: トゲクサビライシ
Simplified Chinese: 棘狀梳蕈珊瑚

Other scientific names: Ctenactis gigantea, Fungia (Ctenactis) echinata, Fungia (Ctenactis) ehrenbergi, Fungia (Haliglossa) echinata, Fungia asperata, Fungia echinata, Fungia ehrenbergi, Fungia ehrenbergii, Fungia gigantea, Fungia pectinata, Fungia rueppellii, Fungia rüppellii, Haliglossa echinata, Haliglossa pectinata, Herpetolitha rueppellii, Herpetolithas ehrenbergii, Herpetolithas rüppellii, Herpetolithus ehrenbergii, Herpetolithus ruppelii, Madrepora echinata

Similar species

Mushroom coral
Ctenactis albitentaculata
Ctenactis crassa
mushroom coral
Danafungia horrida
mushroom coral
Danafungia scruposa
Disc coral
Fungia fungites
Plate coral
Heliofungia actiniformis

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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
402 open-data records from 1766 to 2012.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.