🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the fused staghorn coral live?

Acropora prolifera has 6,778 records in 27 countries and territories, from 1884 to 2026. Most records come from US Virgin Islands.

fused staghorn coral
fused staghorn coral — Mark Eakin, NOAA / Public domain · source
AnimaliaCnidariaAnthozoaScleractiniaAcroporidaeAcropora

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. 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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
US Virgin Islands 4,022
Puerto Rico 1,969
United States 609
Barbados 30
Cuba 29
Belize 27
Mexico 22
Guadeloupe 8
Saint Martin 8
Panama 8
Dominican Republic 7
Bahamas 6
Honduras 5
Saint Barthélemy 4
Venezuela 4
Colombia 3
Curaçao 3
Antigua & Barbuda 2
Haiti 2
Trinidad & Tobago 2
British Virgin Islands 2
Australia 1
Bonaire 1
Brazil 1
Jamaica 1
Nicaragua 1
Saudi Arabia 1

Related animals

Others in the family Acroporidae.

elkhorn coral
22,885 records
staghorn coral
15,476 records
Brush Coral
3,666 records
Bushy staghorn coral
3,628 records
Branching staghorn coral
2,894 records
Finger Coral
2,711 records
Acropora cerealis
2,307 records
Bali Shortcake
1,796 records
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.