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Echinophyllia aspera Flat Lettuce Coral

Echinophyllia aspera is commonly referred to as Flat Lettuce Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Middels. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
1360 
AphiaID:
207370 
Scientific:
Echinophyllia aspera 
German:
Flache Salatkoralle 
English:
Flat Lettuce Coral 
Category:
LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Echinophyllia (Genus) > aspera (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Ellis & Solander, ), 1786 
Occurrence:
Kuwait, Djibouti, Sudan, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Bahrain, Cambodia, China, Comores, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, the Seychelles, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
1 - 60 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Hemming reefs, Lagoons, Reef slopes, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
24,7 °F - 28,9 °F (24,7°C - 28,9°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
Difficulty:
Middels 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-10-12 12:59:29 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Echinophyllia aspera (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

Description: Colonies or individuals are thin and delicate. They may have only one corallite or have a prominent central corallite and widely spaced peripheral corallites. Septo-costae radiate from the central corallite like spokes from a wheel. Color: Uniform or mottled dark browns or greens.
Habitat: Lower reef slopes protected from wave action, and in crevices.
Abundance: Rare but distinctive.
Similar Species: Superficially resembles mussids, especially Scolymia.

Synonymised names
Echinophyllia aspera var. undulata Chevalier, 1975 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Echinophyllia subglabra Nemenzo, 1979 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Echinopora aspera (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Echinopora magna Gardiner, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Explanaria aspera (Ellis & Solander, 1768) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora aspera Ellis & Solander, 1786 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Mycedium aspera (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Oxyphyllia aspera (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Oxypora aspera (Ellis & Solander, 1768) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Direct children (3)
Variety Echinophyllia aspera var. sugiyamai (Yabe & Eguchi, 1935) accepted as Echinophyllia orpheensis Veron & Pichon, 1980 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Echinophyllia aspera var. tosaensis (Yabe & Eguchi, 1935) accepted as Echinophyllia orpheensis Veron & Pichon, 1980 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Echinophyllia aspera var. undulata Chevalier, 1975 accepted as Echinophyllia aspera (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

External links

  1. Complete mitochondrial genome of Echinophyllia aspera (Scleractinia, Lobophylliidae): Mitogenome characterization and phylogenetic positioning (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. sealifebase.se (en). Abgerufen am 12.10.2025.

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am 18.05.09#1
Seit ein paar Monaten habe ich diese Koralle in meinem Aquarium. Sie steht in direkter Strömung unter T5-Beleuchtung.
In der Zeit, wo sie bei mir ist, hat sie ihre Farbe von hellem rot komplett in blau-grün geändert.
Abends sieht man oft kleine Tentakeln, die nach Futter angeln.
Eine sehr schöne Koralle, die sich sehr gut halten lässt.
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