Indo-Pacific
The heart of marine biodiversity — the Coral Triangle, Great Barrier Reef, and surrounding seas hold more reef species than anywhere else on Earth.
684 species · coral
Sub-regions
Snake Polyp
CoralIsaurus tuberculatus
Unusual colonial zoanthid with a distinctly tubular, snake-like body form.
Snowflake Coral
CoralCarijoa riisei
A soft, branching coral that frosts live rock with white, feathery polyps.
Soft Coral
CoralAlcyonium pacificum
A soft coral from Japanese waters that suits newer reef keepers well.
Solid Coral
CoralPorites solida
A boulder-sized reef builder with a smooth, sculpted profile and understated elegance.
Solitary Cup Coral
CoralCynarina lacrymalis
A puffy, jewel-like solo coral that thrives in calm, dimly lit reef spots.
Spine Coral
CoralHydnophora bonsai
A compact, ridge-studded coral with an unusual bonsai-like branching form.
Spine Coral
CoralHydnophora exesa
A shape-shifting Indo-Pacific coral with tentacles out around the clock.
Spine Coral
CoralHydnophora grandis
A bold, architecturally distinctive coral with a reputation for territorial aggression.
Spine Coral
CoralHydnophora microconos
A tough, lumpy coral that earns its place on any intermediate reef.
Spine Coral
CoralHydnophora pilosa
A branching reef coral with tentacles out around the clock.
Spine Coral
CoralHydnophora rigida
Branching coral with distinctive ridged spines along every branch.
Spiny Plate Coral
CoralEchinopora lamellosa
Tiered, whorl-shaped plates that can dominate entire shallow reef flats.
Staghorn Coral
CoralAcropora millepora
A fast-growing reef builder that rewards precise water chemistry with dense, bushy colonies.
Staghorn Coral
CoralAcropora aculeus
A delicate table-forming Acropora with vivid blue-green and yellow color forms.
Staghorn Coral
CoralAcropora acuminata
A sharp-tipped table coral that demands pristine reef conditions to thrive.
Staghorn Coral
CoralAcropora austera
A branching reef-builder that demands turbulent water and intense light to thrive.
Staghorn Coral
CoralAcropora cervicornis
A fast-growing Atlantic branching coral that builds entire reef frameworks in the wild.
Staghorn Coral
CoralAcropora donei
A massive table coral with an architectural, layered form built for high-energy reefs.
Staghorn Coral
CoralAcropora globiceps
A compact, wave-battered reef coral with a distinctive dome-tipped branching form.
Staghorn Coral
CoralAcropora horrida
A branchy Indo-Pacific Acropora that thrives in turbid shallows and shows off pale blue polyps.
Staghorn Coral
CoralAcropora listeri
A morphologically unpredictable Acropora that reshapes itself to match wave energy.
Staghorn Coral
CoralAcropora lutkeni
A wave-battered reef builder demanding the strongest flow your tank can offer.
Staghorn Coral
CoralAcropora monticulosa
A reef giant that builds massive dome colonies with hand-shaped branches.
Staghorn Coral
CoralAcropora palmerae
A rugged, wave-battered Acropora with chaotic branching and old-school reef appeal.
Staghorn Coral
CoralAcropora polystoma
A spiny, wave-battered Acropora that demands expert-level reef conditions.
Staghorn Coral
CoralAcropora retusa
A tough, plate-forming coral built for life in the surge zone.
Staghorn Coral
CoralAcropora secale
A colorful bushy Acropora with purple tips that thrives only under intense light and flow.
Staghorn Coral
CoralAcropora vaughani
A bushy, blue-toned Acropora built for high-energy reef slopes.
Staghorn Coral
CoralAcropora verweyi
A wave-loving Indo-Pacific plating Acropora with distinctive bead-like radial corallites.
Stalked Soft-coral
CoralXenia crassa
A pulsing soft coral that practically grows itself in a reef tank.
Star Coral
CoralAstreopora gracilis
A textured, irregular coral that rewards patient and experienced reef keepers.
Starflower Coral
CoralAstreopora cucullata
A rare plating coral with hooded corallites and an unusual encrusting form.
Starflower Coral
CoralAstreopora explanata
A flat, encrusting Pacific coral that rewards experienced reefers with detailed starlike polyps.
Starflower Coral
CoralAstreopora incrustans
A sprawling encrusting coral that can blanket entire reef sections in the wild.
Starflower Coral
CoralAstreopora lambertsi
A delicate branching coral that rewards patient, experienced reefers with detailed starlike polyps.
Starflower Coral
CoralAstreopora listeri
A spiny-surfaced encrusting coral that thrives in high-energy shallow reef zones.