Staghorn coral
Acropora echinata
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 30 diving areas across 13 countries and 5 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 7 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 12 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 4 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 26 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 2 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 2 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 18 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 3 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 9 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 6 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 6 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 6 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 6 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 6 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 5 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 1 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 20 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 3 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 13 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 4 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 6 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 3 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 39 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 2 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 5 records