Staghorn coral
Acropora anthocercis
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 21 diving areas across 16 countries and 5 regions.
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 2 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 12 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 40 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 5 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 5 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 9 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 1 records