Saltwater
Staghorn coral
Acropora muricata
Acroporidae
Facts
Care
- Type
- Small-polyp stony coral (SPS)
- Light
- High
- Flow
- Strong
- Placement
- High on the rock
- Difficulty
- Demanding
Water values
Range
Seen here
Seen in the wild in American Samoa, Australia, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Guam, and 27 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Acropora muricata, commonly called staghorn coral, is a species of acroporid coral found in the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, Australia, central Indo-Pacific, Japan, Southeast Asia, the East China Sea and the oceanic central and western Pacific Ocean. It is found in tropical shallow reefs, slopes of reefs, and in lagoons, from depths of 5 to 30 m. It was described by Dana in 1846.
Other names
No other names.
