DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Spine coral
Hydnophora exesa
- Usual depth0–47 m
- Water temperature21–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, April, and May
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Hydnophora exesa, also called Horn coral or Spine coral, is a coral in the genus Hydnophora. It was described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1766.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Hydnophora exesa”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 30 records
- February: 94 records
- March: 82 records
- April: 125 records
- May: 91 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 62 records
- September: 12 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 8 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–47 m · Deepest record: 57.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Spine coral, Encrusting Horn Coral, spine coral
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- トゲイボサンゴ
- Thai
- ปะการังหนามขนุน
- Simplified Chinese
- 大碓珊瑚
Other scientific names: Hydnophora aurorae, Hydnophora aurrorae, Hydnophora contignatio, Hydnophora demidoffi, Hydnophora demidovii, Hydnophora demodovii, Hydnophora ehrenbergi, Hydnophora ehrenbergii, Hydnophora eyessa, Hydnophora gyrosa, Hydnophora lobata, Hydnophora maldivensis, Hydnophora palassii, Hydnophora polygonata, Hydnophora tenella, Hydnophorella contignatio, Hydnophorella exesa, Madrepora contignatio, Madrepora exesa, Merulina folium, Monticularia exesa, Monticularia folium, Monticularia lobata, Monticularia meandrina, Monticularia polygonata
Similar species
- Spine coral
Hydnophora rigida
Lesser knob coralCyphastrea serailia
knob coralDipsastraea speciosa
Hedgehog coralEchinopora lamellosa
- Head Coral
Dipsastraea favus
- knob coral
Dipsastraea pallida
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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 931 open-data records from 1766 to 2011.
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