Acroporidae

• Acropora
• Alveopora
• Astraeopora
• Astreopora
• Dendracis
• Diplocoenia
• Gravieropsammia
• Isopora
• Montipora
• Parastraeopora
• Elkhorn coral Acropora palmata

  These branching structures belong to an animal, not a plant. Elkhorn coral grows in shallow Caribbean waters; thickets shelter fish and other creatures.