Echinopora hirsutissima Prickly-pored coral

Echinopora hirsutissima is commonly referred to as Prickly-pored coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Mediamente facile. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien

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lexID:: 1653
AphiaID:: 207420

Scientific:: Echinopora hirsutissima
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Prickly-pored Coral

Category:: Coralli duri LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Echinopora (Genus) > hirsutissima (Species)
Initial determination:: Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Occurrence:: Eritrea, Sudan, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, Arabian Sea, Australia, Cambodia, Comores, Egypt, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen
Sea depth:: 1 - 40 Meter
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
Difficulty:: Mediamente facile
Offspring:: Easy to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country))

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Echinopora pacifica
Echinopora pacifica

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2005-10-16 11:22:29
Last edit:: 2017-09-17 08:28:41

Captive breeding / propagation

Echinopora hirsutissima is easy to breed. There are offspring in the trade available. If you are interested in Echinopora hirsutissima, please contact us at Your dealer for a progeny instead of a wildcat. You help to protect the natural stocks.

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Echinopora hirsutissima
Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849

Infos from AIMS;
Description: Colonies are submassive or encrusting. Corallites are 4-7 millimetres diameter and are thick walled with prominent skeletal structures. Costae are strongly beaded. The coenosteum is densely covered with thick, finely elaborated spinules.
Color: Mustard, green, brown or purple, often with pale septo-costae.

Similar Species: Echinopora irregularis. See also E. horrida and E. gemmacea, which have less coarse corallite structures and smaller corallites.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Echinopora (Genus) > Echinopora hirsutissima (Species)

External links

Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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