Staghorn coral

Acropora tenuis

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Endangered

Usual depth2–10 m
Water temperature22–30 °C
Best monthsMay
How commonOccasional

About this species

Acropora tenuis is a species of acroporid coral found in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the southwest, northwest and northern Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf, the central Indo-Pacific, Australia, Southeast Asia, Japan, the East China Sea and the oceanic west and central Pacific Ocean. It occurs in tropical shallow reefs on upper slopes and in subtidal habitats, at depths of 8 to 20 metres.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 12 records
February: 31 records
March: 24 records
April: 38 records
May: 168 records
June: 30 records
July: 11 records
August: 93 records
September: 16 records
October: 75 records
November: 41 records
December: 14 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–10 m · Deepest record: 48 m

0–10 m: 311 records
10–20 m: 31 records
20–30 m: 4 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C

20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 12 records
24–26 °C: 130 records
26–28 °C: 216 records
28–30 °C: 192 records

Names and classification

English: Staghorn coral

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: ウスエダミドリイシ
Simplified Chinese: 柔枝軸孔珊瑚

Other scientific names: Acropora (Acropora) tenuis, Acropora (Polystachys) tenuis, Acropora plana, Madrepora (Polystachys) tenuis, Madrepora tenuis

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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).
1,488 open-data records from 1846 to 2012.

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