Staghorn coral

About this species

Acropora millepora is a species of branching stony coral native to the western Indo-Pacific where it is found in shallow water from the east coast of Africa to the coasts of Japan and Australia. It was first described in 1834 by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg as Heteropora millepora.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 33 records
February: 68 records
March: 58 records
April: 74 records
May: 186 records
June: 59 records
July: 62 records
August: 151 records
September: 60 records
October: 97 records
November: 127 records
December: 95 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–8 m · Deepest record: 287 m

0–10 m: 369 records
10–20 m: 26 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C

22–24 °C: 26 records
24–26 °C: 184 records
26–28 °C: 181 records
28–30 °C: 161 records

Photos

(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kevin Judge, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Staghorn coral

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: ハイマツミドリイシ
Simplified Chinese: 多孔軸孔珊瑚

Other scientific names: Acropora (Acropora) millepora, Acropora (Lepidocyathus) convexa, Acropora (Lepidocyathus) millepora, Acropora (Lepidocyathus) prostrata, Acropora (Lepidocyathus) squamosa, Acropora convexa, Acropora librata, Acropora prostrata, Acropora singularis, Acropora squamosa, Heteropora millepora, Madrepora (Lepidocyathus) convexa, Madrepora (Lepidocyathus) millepora, Madrepora (Lepidocyathus) prostrata, Madrepora (Lepidocyathus) rubra, Madrepora (Lepidocyathus) squamosa, Madrepora convexa, Madrepora millepora, Madrepora prostrata, Madrepora rubra, Madrepora squamosa, Montipora rubra, Montipora rubrum

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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).
1,905 open-data records from 1834 to 2024.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.