Hedgehog coral

Echinopora lamellosa

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Vulnerable

Usual depth2–47 m
Water temperature23–30 °C
Best monthsFebruary
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: 60 records
February: 250 records
March: 105 records
April: 62 records
May: 129 records
June: 69 records
July: 56 records
August: 123 records
September: 85 records
October: 90 records
November: 67 records
December: 72 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–47 m · Deepest record: 260 m

0–10 m: 275 records
10–20 m: 54 records
20–30 m: 5 records
30–40 m: 4 records
40–50 m: 220 records
50–60 m: 4 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: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C

22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 125 records
26–28 °C: 129 records
28–30 °C: 198 records

Photos

(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Ewout Knoester · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Ewout Knoester · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Ryan McMinds, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Donald Davesne, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Hedgehog coral, hedgehog coral, Spiny Plate Coral, Stony coral

Names in 3 more languages

Japanese: リュウキュウキッカサンゴ, 琉球菊花珊瑚
Thai: ปะการังแผ่นหนาม
Simplified Chinese: 片形棘孔珊瑚, 薄片刺孔珊瑚

Other scientific names: Echinastrea rosularia, Echinopora concinna, Echinopora elegans, Echinopora flexuosa, Echinopora litae, Echinopora reflexa, Echinopora rosularia, Echinopora striatula, Echinopora undulata, Madrepora lamellosa, Matrepora lamellosa

Similar species

Lesser knob coral
Cyphastrea serailia
knob coral
Dipsastraea speciosa
Head Coral
Dipsastraea favus
knob coral
Dipsastraea pallida
Larger star coral
Favites abdita
Larger star coral
Favites halicora

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).
1,010 open-data records from 1791 to 2010.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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