Saltwater
Millepora acropora
Acropora millepora
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 Australia, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, and 7 more countries.
More about the species
Description
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.
Other names
In other languages
- Staghorn coral
