DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Acropora lutkeni
- Usual depth6–16 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsAugust and October
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Acropora lutkeni is a species of acroporid coral found in the central Indo-Pacific, Japan, Australia, the northern Indian Ocean, the East China Sea, southeast Asia, and the central and western Pacific Ocean. The species also occurs in the south Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Palau, the Andaman Islands, Fiji, the Philippines, the Banggai Islands, Samoa, the Raja Ampat Islands, the Line Islands, Papua New Guinea, and the Chagos Archipelago. It exists in tropical shallow reefs on upper slopes that are exposed to the action of strong waves or currents, and subtidally on edges of reefs and in submerged reefs. It exists at depths of between 3 and 12 m and probably spawns in October.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 10 records
- February: 26 records
- March: 14 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 30 records
- June: 16 records
- July: 8 records
- August: 56 records
- September: 13 records
- October: 70 records
- November: 34 records
- December: 21 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 6–16 m · Deepest record: 26 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Acropora (Acropora) lutkeni
Similar species
- Elkhorn coral
Acropora palmata
Staghorn CoralAcropora austera
Table coralAcropora cytherea
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).
- 1,068 open-data records from 1952 to 2012.
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