DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Flat lettuce coral
Echinophyllia echinoporoides
- Usual depth3–12 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsMay and September
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–12 m · Deepest record: 14 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Flat lettuce coral, flat lettuce coral
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- リュウキュウキッカモドキ
- Simplified Chinese
- 小環棘葉珊瑚
Similar species
Flat lettuce coralEchinophyllia aspera
porous lettuce coralEchinophyllia glabra
Flat lettuce coralEchinophyllia orpheensis
- Flat lettuce coral
Echinophyllia patula
Starry cup coralAcanthastrea echinata
lobed cactus coralAcanthastrea pachysepta
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).
- 65 open-data records from 1979 to 2006.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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