Echinopora mammiformis

(Nemenzo, 1959)

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 3 to 130 feet (1 - 40 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 encrusting growths, sometimes forming contorted branches, and usually cream with blue corallites.