DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Acropora vaughani
- Usual depth2–16 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsMay
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Acropora vaughani is a species of acroporid coral found in the northern Indian Ocean, the central Indo-Pacific, Australia, southeast Asia, Japan, the East China Sea and the oceanic western and central Pacific Ocean. It is also found in Madagascar. It occurs in tropical shallow reefs around fringing reefs in turbid water, at depths of between 3 and 20 metres. It was described by J. W. Wells in 1954.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 16 records
- March: 12 records
- April: 13 records
- May: 62 records
- June: 21 records
- July: 13 records
- August: 25 records
- September: 37 records
- October: 13 records
- November: 20 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–16 m · Deepest record: 48 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- ボーンミドリイシ
Other scientific names: Acropora (Acropora) vaughani
Similar species
Elkhorn coralAcropora palmata
Staghorn CoralAcropora austera
Plate coralAcropora clathrata
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).
- 508 open-data records from 1898 to 2013.
- Species data updated October 31, 2026.
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