Hedgehog coral

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 7 records
February: 3 records
March: 5 records
April: 6 records
May: 17 records
June: 2 records
July: 5 records
August: 25 records
September: 11 records
October: 6 records
November: 5 records
December: 4 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–15 m · Deepest record: 17 m

0–10 m: 30 records
10–20 m: 14 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C

24–26 °C: 46 records
26–28 °C: 62 records
28–30 °C: 11 records

Photos

(c) Ryan McMinds, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ryan McMinds, 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
(c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ryan McMinds, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Hedgehog coral, hedgehog coral

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: ヒラリュウキュウキッカサンゴ

Other scientific names: Echinopora glabra, Leptastrea mammiformis

Similar species

Hedgehog coral
Echinopora gemmacea
Hedgehog coral
Echinopora horrida
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Echinopora lamellosa
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Echinopora forskaliana
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Echinopora fruticulosa
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Echinopora hirsutissima

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).
161 open-data records from 1976 to 2010.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.