Saltwater
Tenuis acropora
Acropora tenuis
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, British Indian Ocean Territory, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, and 14 more countries.
More about the species
Description
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 (26 to 66 ft).
Other names
In other languages
- Staghorn coral
