Staghorn coral
Acropora kirstyae
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 8 diving areas across 5 countries and 3 regions.
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 4 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 9 records