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title: "Staghorn Coral"
description: "Acropora cervicornis — Altri animali. The staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) is a branching, stony coral, within the Order Scleractinia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/staghorn-coral
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Staghorn Coral

> Acropora cervicornis — Altri animali. The staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) is a branching, stony coral, within the Order Scleractinia.

- Scientific name: *Acropora cervicornis*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1074
- Wikidata: [Q618452](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q618452)
- iNaturalist taxon: [93234](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/93234)

## Names

- en: Staghorn Coral
- es: Coral cuerno de ciervo
- fr: Corail corne de cerf

## Countries with the most observations

MX (151), BZ (83), HN (66), CU (65), CW (62), KY (57), US (52), VI (38), PA (27), BL (26), PR (25), DO (22)

## Summary

The staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) is a branching, stony coral, within the Order Scleractinia. It is characterized by thick, upright branches which can grow in excess of 2 meters (6.5 ft) in height and resemble the antlers of a stag, hence the name, Staghorn. It grows within various areas of a reef but is most commonly found within shallow fore and back reefs, as well as patch reefs, where water depths rarely exceed 20 meters (65 ft). Staghorn corals can exhibit very fast growth, adding up to 5 cm (~2 in) in new skeleton for every 1 cm of existing skeleton each year, making them one of the fastest growing fringe…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staghorn_coral

## Photo

![Staghorn Coral](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/staghorn-coral/medium.jpg)

Photo: lallen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71393156

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/staghorn-coral?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).