Its range extends from the Red Sea to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia.

[1] The skeleton of Acropora loripes is secreted by the polyps and is covered by a thin layer of tissue.

In the Great Barrier Reef, mature individuals liberate eggs and sperm into the sea five or six days after the full moon in November and December.

[3] Acropora loripes is threatened more by damage to the reefs where it lives rather than specific threats to this coral.

Like other members of its genus it is susceptible to bleaching and several coral diseases, and is particularly favoured as part of its diet by the crown-of-thorns starfish which feeds on the external tissue and polyps.