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Where does the Acropora cerealis live?

Acropora cerealis has 2,307 records in 39 countries and territories, from 1906 to 2025. Most records come from Australia.

Acropora cerealis
Acropora cerealis — Photo: Kate Osborne · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaCnidariaAnthozoaScleractiniaAcroporidaeAcropora

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19062025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Australia 1,142
Indonesia 446
New Caledonia 107
Japan 102
Marshall Islands 79
Papua New Guinea 65
Philippines 58
Kiribati 38
Micronesia 30
China 24
Mayotte 19
Palau 18
Samoa 18
Pitcairn 15
United States Minor Outlying Islands 15
American Samoa 14
Malaysia 11
Niue 11
Solomon Islands 10
French Polynesia 9
Fiji 8
Cook Islands 7
Seychelles 6
Thailand 6
United States 6
Guam 5
Maldives 5
Réunion 5
Singapore 5
French Southern Territories 4
British Indian Ocean Territory 3
Mozambique 3
ZZ 3
Kenya 2
Taiwan 2
Yemen 2
Christmas Island 1
Madagascar 1
Tonga 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.