Staghorn coral
Acropora hyacinthus
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 66 diving areas across 36 countries and 6 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 3 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 373 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 19 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 12 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 40 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 3 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 5 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 3 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 4 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 16 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 6 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 27 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 6 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 26 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 6 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 3 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 21 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 20 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 16 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 48 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 20 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 15 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 11 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 4 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 3 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 16 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 4 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 3 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 3 records
- Dahab, Egypt - 11 records
- Eilat, Israel - 6 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 8 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 11 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 43 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 30 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 22 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 30 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 26 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 35 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 3 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 72 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 3 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 3 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 3 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 21 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 37 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 6 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 1 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 4 records