---
title: "Hammer Coral"
description: "Fimbriaphyllia ancora — Altri animali. Fimbriaphyllia ancora is a species of hard coral in the family Euphylliidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/hammer-coral
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hammer Coral

> Fimbriaphyllia ancora — Altri animali. Fimbriaphyllia ancora is a species of hard coral in the family Euphylliidae.

- Scientific name: *Fimbriaphyllia ancora*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 901
- iNaturalist taxon: [830680](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/830680)

## Names

- en: Hammer Coral
- fr: Corail à croissants

## Countries with the most observations

ID (177), NC (174), PH (123), TH (65), NF (46), SG (39), MY (29), TW (29), AU (21), TL (18), JP (10), CN (4)

## Summary

Fimbriaphyllia ancora is a species of hard coral in the family Euphylliidae. It is known by several common names, including anchor coral and hammer coral, or less frequently as  sausage coral, ridge coral, or bubble honeycomb coral.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fimbriaphyllia_ancora

## Photo

![Hammer Coral](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hammer-coral/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191657794

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hammer-coral?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).