Staghorn coral
Acropora abrolhosensis
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Acroporidae
- Genus
- Acropora
Where to Find
Found in 15 diving areas across 8 countries and 4 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 5 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 3 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 6 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 3 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 14 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 10 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 1 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 3 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 6 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 9 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 31 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 2 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 1 records