Characters: Colonies are massive, with little tendency to form plates. Corallites are tall and conical, up to 10 millimetres diameter. Long and short septo-costae slightly alternate and are neatly and uniformly beaded. Paliform lobes form a neat crown. The columella has spines twisted into a spiral.
Colour: Pink, sometimes brown.
Similar Species: Echinopora robusta. See also E. gemmacea which has less exsert corallites and tends to form plates rather than massive colonies.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Common.
Taxonomic References: Wijsman-Best (1980); Veron (2000a); Huang, Benzoni, Fukami et al. (2014);
