Hedgehog coral

Echinopora horrida

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth2–10 m
Water temperature24–29 °C
Best monthsMay and August
How commonOccasional

All species

Photo credit: (c) Ryan McMinds, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 16 records
February: 21 records
March: 19 records
April: 26 records
May: 42 records
June: 12 records
July: 13 records
August: 45 records
September: 20 records
October: 25 records
November: 23 records
December: 15 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–10 m · Deepest record: 287 m

0–10 m: 93 records
10–20 m: 18 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C

24–26 °C: 70 records
26–28 °C: 113 records
28–30 °C: 29 records

Photos

(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Slunky, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jon Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ryan McMinds, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Hedgehog coral, hedgehog coral

Other scientific names: Acanthelia horrida, Acanthopora horrida

Similar species

Hedgehog coral
Echinopora gemmacea
Hedgehog coral
Echinopora lamellosa
Hedgehog coral
Echinopora forskaliana
Hedgehog coral
Echinopora fruticulosa
Hedgehog coral
Echinopora hirsutissima
Hedgehog coral
Echinopora 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).
284 open-data records from 1846 to 2024.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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