| Common Name | Needle coral |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official Trade Name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Singapore |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Chou, L.M. and K.S. Tan, 2008 |
| Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | primary lexeme |
| 1st Modifier | morphology |
| 2nd Modifier | |
| Remarks | 'coral' from Middle English, Anglo-French, Latin 'corallium'; from Greek 'korallion'. |