Staghorn coral
Acropora cervicornis
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: CR - Critically Endangered - facing an extremely 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 39 diving areas across 19 countries and 4 regions.
- Abaco, Bahamas - 1 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 102 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 173 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 110 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 7 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 87 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 3 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 311 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 272 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 6 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 87 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 26 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 29 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 11 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 1 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 2 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 18 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 11 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 20 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 326 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 133 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 124 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 4 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 10 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 137 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 495 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 100 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 162 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 99 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 70 records
- Utila, Honduras - 150 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 13 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 11 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 16 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 185 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 46 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 1 records