Leafy Hedgehog coral
Echinopora lamellosa
Plating coral, often forming tiers. Coloies often yellow or pale to dark brown or green and pink, sometimes with darker brown or green corallite centres.
Morphology
Colonies are thin laminar plates growing in tiers, whorls and sometimes tubes. Corallites are small (2.5-5 mm diameter) and raised on the colony surface. The coenosteum is highly granulated.
Evolution
Species age estimated to be 0.694 mya
Behaviour
Zooxanthellate coral that can grow into large stands and dominate sections of the reef.
Method of reproduction
Hermaphroditic spawner
Habitat
Marine
Intertidal and subtidal to approx. 40m. Reef flats, slopes, backreefs, lagoons.
Distribution
Indo-Pacific
Life Cycle
The zygote develops into a planktonic planula larva. Metamorphosis begins with early morphogenesis of tentacles, septa and pharynx before larval settlement on the aboral end.
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Subclass: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Merulinidae |
| Genus: | Echinopora |
| Species: | lamellosa |
| Name Published Year: | 1795 |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name Authorship: | Esper |
| Commercial Impact: | Collected for the aquarium industry |
| Conservation Assessment: | Least Concern |
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