DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Hedgehog coral
Echinopora hirsutissima
- Usual depth4–18 m
- Water temperature24–29 °C
- Best monthsSeptember, October, and November
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 14 records
- February: 7 records
- March: 13 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 15 records
- June: 11 records
- July: 13 records
- August: 7 records
- September: 34 records
- October: 22 records
- November: 26 records
- December: 9 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 4–18 m · Deepest record: 37.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C
Photos
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Hedgehog coral, hedgehog coral
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- イボリュウキュウキッカサンゴ
Other scientific names: Echinopora helli, Echinopora hirsutisima, Echinopora solidior, Echinopora tertia
Similar species
Hedgehog coralEchinopora gemmacea
Hedgehog coralEchinopora horrida
Hedgehog coralEchinopora lamellosa
Hedgehog coralEchinopora forskaliana
Hedgehog coralEchinopora fruticulosa
Hedgehog coralEchinopora mammiformis
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).
- 113 open-data records from 1849 to 2010.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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