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Acropora Species List

There at least 200 documented species in the Acropora genus and there are very likely dozens more waiting to be discovered, examined and classified. Differentiating between many of these species is devilishly difficult, even for experts, and ultimately, proper classification and identification for many of these species may come down to expensive and time-consuming genetic analyses. Other researchers, such as Dr. Charlie Veron, a revered coral scientist with decades of fieldwork and many coral species identified and taxonomically categorized, classify Acropora species from a morphological standpoint. Dr. Veron identified 38 specific groups of morphological commonalities and differences within the Acropora genus.

That link is worth a look to better understand why identifying different species can be so difficult, confounding, contentious, and often slow and bear in mind, this only looks at this genus from the morphological side of things. Genetic identification takes even more time and resources but leads to taxonomic discoveries that frequently cause new genus allocation altogether. The recent Acanthastrea/Micromussa name change exemplifies this very well.

However, for Acropora corals for sale online and in local fish and coral shops, there are around 20 fairly common species most often found and available for hobbyists. Here is a list of them and some of the common names often applied to them:

  1. Acropora austera – Staghorn Coral
  2. Acropora bushyensis – Bushy Acropora, Green Fiji Acropora
  3. Acropora cervicornis – Staghorn Coral
  4. Acropora cytherea – Table Coral
  5. Acropora elseyi – Bottlebrush Coral
  6. Acropora florida – Branching Staghorn Coral
  7. Acropora formosa – Staghorn Coral, Branching Coral
  8. Acropora humilis – Finger Staghorn Coral, Clustering Acropora
  9. Acropora hyacinthus – Plating Coral
  10. Acropora microphthalma – Antler Coral, Staghorn Coral, Branching Acro
  11. Acropora millepora – Cluster Coral, Milli, Acropora Millepora
  12. Acropora nasuta – Branching Staghorn Coral
  13. Acropora nobilis – Branching Blue Acropora
  14. Acropora palmata – Elkhorn Coral
  15. Acropora paniculata – Fuzzy Tabling Coral
  16. Acropora prolifera – Fused Staghorn Coral
  17. Acropora tenuis – Purple Tipped Acropora
  18. Acropora verweyi – Clustering Acropora
  19. Acropora valida – Bushy Staghorn Coral, Clustering Acropora
  20. Acropora yongei – Yonge’s Staghorn Coral

As you can see, there are plenty of similarities in the common names of these species and that doesn’t begin to take into consideration the names invented for marketing and other factors imposed by coral sellers and hobbyists.

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The good news is, enthusiastic coralheads have never had more success finding, buying and propagating these small polyp stony Acropora coral frags from local fish stores and online Acropora coral sellers like us. As you can see, customer education is one of the core principles of our business philosophy and we try and provide our customers with the information they need to be successful with our online coral frags. We usually have several of these Acropora species available as frags at any one time but our inventory turns over quickly, so check back often for an updated listed of our online Acropora coral frags. Thanks for reading!

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