Acropora hyacinthus
Brush Coral
As recorded: Acropora hyacinthus (Dana, 1846)
Animalia › Cnidaria › Anthozoa › Scleractinia › Acroporidae
- Locality
- Samoa Islands
- Island
- Samoa Islands
- Region
- Unknown Region
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Acropora hyacinthus observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 77 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-22.
2026-09-22
Sud, NC
(c) afguemas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-28
Îles Sous-le-Vent, PF
(c) bill_henkhaus, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-26
Taiwan, TW
(c) 謝忠良, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-11-20
Ba, FJ-W, FJ
(c) Amber Lancaster, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
2025-11-09
(c) Sarah Hodgson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-10-30
Maluku, ID
(c) Febrianne S, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Acropora hyacinthus. BPBM 299. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 34780759. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/sc/299.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 34780759 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Name matched to the GBIF backbone only approximately
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