Bluetip coral

Acropora loripes

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Endangered

Usual depth2–13 m
Water temperature23–30 °C
Best monthsMay, August, and October
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Ewout Knoester · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

About this species

Acropora loripes is a species of branching colonial stony coral. It is common on reefs, upper reef slopes and reef flats in the tropical Indo-Pacific. Its type locality is the Great Barrier Reef.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Acropora loripes”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 8 records
February: 36 records
March: 21 records
April: 19 records
May: 131 records
June: 33 records
July: 50 records
August: 84 records
September: 36 records
October: 101 records
November: 32 records
December: 31 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–13 m · Deepest record: 26 m

0–10 m: 172 records
10–20 m: 34 records
20–30 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C

22–24 °C: 13 records
24–26 °C: 132 records
26–28 °C: 376 records
28–30 °C: 285 records

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Names and classification

English: Bluetip coral

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: マルヅツハナガサミドリイシ

Other scientific names: Acropora (Acropora) loripes, Acropora (Rhabdocyathus) murrayensis, Acropora (Rhabdocyathus) rosaria, Acropora dumosa, Acropora lianae, Acropora lopires, Acropora murrayensis, Acropora rosaria, Madrepora (Conocyathus) loripes, Madrepora (Rhabdocyathus) rosaria, Madrepora loripes, Madrepora murrayensis, Madrepora rosaria

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Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,650 open-data records from 1846 to 2012.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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