Acropora austera

{{Short description|Species of coral}}

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| image = Acropora austera Maldives macro.jpg

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| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Aeby, G. |author2=Delbeek, J.C. |author3=Lovell, E. |author4=Richards, Z. |author5=Reboton, C. |author6=Bass, D. |year=2008 |title=Acropora austera |page=e.T133160A3607835 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T133160A3607835.en |access-date=11 November 2022}}

| genus = Acropora

| species = austera

| authority =Dana, 1846

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Acropora austera is a species of Acropora coral found in the Indo-Pacific.{{cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207052|title= Acropora austera in Tropicos}} A. austera are fast-growing that are dispersed in ocean currents.{{Cite journal|last=Macdonald|first=Angus H.|date=March 2011|title=Acropora austera connectivity in the south-western Indian Ocean assessed using nuclear intron sequence data.|journal=Marine Biology|volume=158|issue=3|pages=613–621|doi=10.1007/s00227-010-1585-3}}