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Echinopora pacifica Hedgehog coral

Echinopora pacificais commonly referred to as Hedgehog coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien, Australien

Echinopora pacificus. Philippines. A plate-like edge of an encrusting colony. This is the most common colour of the species. Photograph: Charlie Veron.


Courtesy of the author Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien, Australien . Please visit www.coralsoftheworld.org for more information.

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lexID:
4374 
AphiaID:
1341443 
Scientific:
Echinopora pacifica 
German:
Echinopora pacifica 
English:
Hedgehog Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Echinopora (Genus) > pacifica (Species) 
Initial determination:
Veron, 1990 
Occurrence:
Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Kiribati, Malaysia, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Singapore, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam 
Sea depth:
1 - 15 Meter 
Size:
up to 19.69" (50 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 78.8 °F (24°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
44 gal (~ 200L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Red List:
Near threatened (NT) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-09-26 23:01:05 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Echinopora pacifica are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Echinopora pacifica, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Echinopora pacifica, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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“From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”

Echinopora pacificus
Veron, 1990

Characters: Colonies are usually unifacial plates with laminar margins and encrusting centres. Corallites are up to 10 millimetres diameter. Septo-costae are in two orders, the second seldom forming well developed septa. Septal teeth are exsert. Costae are beaded. Paliform lobes are not exsert. The coenosteum has tall spinules giving colonies a velvet-like appearance.

Colour: Green, yellowish or grey-brown.

Habitat: Most shallow reef environments.

Abundance: Usually uncommon.

Similar species: Echinopora lamellosa

Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic reference: Veron (1990a). Additional identification guide: Nishihira and Veron (1995).

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

External links

  1. Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 26.09.2020.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 26.09.2020.

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Echinopora pacificus. Philippines. A plate-like edge of an encrusting colony. This is the most common colour of the species. Photograph: Charlie Veron.
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