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Hedgehog coral
Echinopora horrida
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 288342, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Hedgehog coral
- Scientific
- Echinopora horrida
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 3 to 6 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A branching coral with irregular, spiny branches covered in small raised cups, giving it a rough, prickly look. It forms thickets on reef slopes and in lagoons and is usually brown, cream or greenish.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=4); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Echinopora-horrida.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288342
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Echinopora_horrida,_isla_Lizard.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.