Staghorn coral
Acropora monticulosa
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 31 diving areas across 23 countries and 6 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 1 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 4 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 4 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 3 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 5 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 2 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 3 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 12 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 3 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 45 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 20 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 11 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 3 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 11 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 3 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 9 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 12 records