Acropora spicifera is an Indo-Pacific scleractinian coral (family Acroporidae) forming corymbose colonies with distinctive spicate branch morphology in shallow reef environments across the western and central Pacific and Indian Ocean. It relies on Symbiodiniaceae photosymbiosis for nutrition and calcification. Listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN, it is subject to ongoing decline due to climate-driven bleaching events. Genomic data have been generated for this species and are available in public databases, enabling comparative studies of cnidarian evolution and ecology.