Acropora gemmifera

Acropora gemmifera
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Acroporidae
Genus: Acropora
Species:
A. gemmifera
Binomial name
Acropora gemmifera
(Brook, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Acropora scherzeriana (Brüggemann, 1877)
  • Madrepora australis Brook, 1892
  • Madrepora gemmifera Brook, 1892
  • Madrepora scherzeriana Brüggemann, 1877

Acropora gemmifera is a species of acroporid coral found in the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, the central Indo-Pacific, the southwest and northern Indian Ocean, southeastern Asia, Australia, the East China Sea, Japan, the oceanic central and western Pacific Ocean, and northwestern Hawaiʻi. It occurs on exposed upper reef flats and slopes, from depths of 1–15 m. It was described by Brook in 1892.