Staghorn coral
Acropora caroliniana
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a 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 19 diving areas across 9 countries and 5 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 2 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 7 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 21 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 4 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 3 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 3 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 4 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 7 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 3 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 3 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 72 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 6 records