Staghorn coral
Acropora humilis
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 64 diving areas across 34 countries and 6 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 5 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 5 records
- Coral Sea, Australia - 38 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 264 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 2 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 1 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 2 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 12 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 3 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 6 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 4 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 6 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 22 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 5 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 32 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 63 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 80 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 5 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 6 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 121 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 14 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 16 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 13 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 15 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 11 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 5 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 6 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 10 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 10 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 6 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 10 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 12 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 3 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 3 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Hurghada, Egypt - 4 records
- Safaga, Egypt - 4 records
- Eilat, Israel - 6 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 8 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 9 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 15 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 6 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 24 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 24 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 71 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 5 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 4 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 3 records