Acropora secale

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Endangered

Usual depth2–10 m
Water temperature23–30 °C
Best monthsMay and October
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Thomas Mesaglio · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Acropora secale is a species of branching staghorn stony coral. It is found in shallow parts of the Indo-Pacific Ocean and the type locality is Sri Lanka. The oldest fossils found date back to the Pleistocene.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 11 records
February: 51 records
March: 30 records
April: 47 records
May: 118 records
June: 35 records
July: 16 records
August: 67 records
September: 30 records
October: 78 records
November: 22 records
December: 25 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–10 m · Deepest record: 26 m

0–10 m: 199 records
10–20 m: 23 records
20–30 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C

22–24 °C: 11 records
24–26 °C: 80 records
26–28 °C: 345 records
28–30 °C: 319 records

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: トゲホソエダミドリイシ

Other scientific names: Acropora (Acropora) quelchi, Acropora (Acropora) secale, Acropora (Polystachys) quelchi, Acropora concinna, Acropora diversa, Acropora otteri, Acropora quelchi, Madrepora (Conocyathus) concinna, Madrepora (Conocyathus) violacea, Madrepora (Polystachys) quelchi, Madrepora (Polystachys) secale, Madrepora (Tylopora) diversa, Madrepora concinna, Madrepora diversa, Madrepora quelchi, Madrepora secale, Madrepora violacea

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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).
1,457 open-data records from 1878 to 2012.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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