Branch coral
Acropora florida
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 57 diving areas across 29 countries and 6 regions.
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 218 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 2 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 3 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 6 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 5 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 12 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 12 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 3 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 30 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 7 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 46 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 22 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 38 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 4 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 5 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 1 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 3 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 5 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 5 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 2 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 3 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 18 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 24 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 28 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 30 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 10 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 10 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 12 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 75 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 3 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 7 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 5 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 5 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 2 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 10 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 6 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 7 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 4 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 3 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 5 records