''Tubipora hemprichi'' is an organ coral in the family

Tubiporidae ''Tubipora'' is a genus of soft coral. It is the only genus within the monotypic family Tubiporidae. Species The following species are recognized: * '' Tubipora chamissonis'' Ehrenberg, 1834 * '' Tubipora fimbriata'' Dana, 1846 * '' Tubipora ...

. It was first described in 1834 by

Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (19 April 1795 – 27 June 1876) was a German naturalist, zoologist, comparative anatomist, geologist, and microscopist. Ehrenberg was an evangelist and was considered to be of the most famous and productive sci ...

. The species name honours

Wilhelm Hemprich Wilhelm Friedrich Hemprich (24 June 1796 – 30 June 1825) was a German naturalist and explorer. Hemprich was born in Glatz (Kłodzko), Prussian Silesia, and studied medicine at Breslau and Berlin. It was in Berlin that he became friends with ...

, and was described from a specimen found in the

Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; ...

. The species is marine and requires a hard surface to grow on.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2570656 Tubiporidae Corals described in 1834 Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg