Echinopora lamellosa

(Esper, 1795)

Leafy Hedgehog Coral

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea, Eastern Africa, Maldives, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Marshall Islands, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Samoa, New Caledonia and Australia.

Natural Environment: Inhabits shallow protected reef slopes and lagoons and generally seen at depths between 10 to 100 feet (3 - 30 m).

General Husbandry: Occasionally seen in the trade.

See Echinopora horrida for suggested aquarium husbandry.

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Anthozoa

Subclass: Hexacorallia

Order: Scleractinia

Family: Faviidae

Genus: Echinopora

FYI: In the wild, forms massive whorls or tiers, sometimes rarely seen forming a tube-like growth, and usually amber, pale to dark brown or greenish.