Staghorn coral
Acropora desalwii
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 7 diving areas across 6 countries and 3 regions.
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 7 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 14 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 4 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 4 records