鹿角珊瑚属中，有超过150个品种，占全世界已有记录的石珊瑚品种数目的20%。「鹿角珊瑚」这名字的由来，是由于这个属的珊瑚都有如鹿角般的分支状生长形态。 于印度洋-太平洋一带水域生长的珊瑚礁，鹿角珊瑚是数量多的珊瑚品种。

Acropora is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. Acropora species are some of the major reef corals responsible for building the immense calcium carbonate substructure that supports the thin living skin of a reef.