Staghorn coral
Acropora hoeksemai
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 15 diving areas across 6 countries and 3 regions.
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 4 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 20 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 21 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 11 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 12 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 4 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 27 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 6 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 4 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 6 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 1 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 11 records