It is uncommon but found over a large area, including in five regions of Indonesia, and is classified under CITES Appendix II.

[2] The radial corallites occur up the sides of the branchlets, are tube-shaped, close together, and each contains nose-shaped openings.

[2] The species is found in a marine environment in tropical shallow reefs on the upper slopes, at depths of between 5 and 20 m (16 and 66 ft).

[3] Acropora microclados is found over a large range and is uncommon; the Indo-Pacific Ocean, the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Aden, the East China Sea, the West Pacific, the Cook Islands, Australia, Japan, Southeast Asia, Samoa, and Chagos.

It is threatened by climate change, rising sea temperatures causing bleaching, reef destruction, coral disease, being prey to starfish Acanthaster planci, and human activity.