Staghorn coral
Acropora nasuta
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 62 diving areas across 34 countries and 6 regions.
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 227 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 2 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 21 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 2 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 2 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 21 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 12 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 2 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 12 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 24 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 7 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 13 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 3 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 37 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 6 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 25 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 21 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 40 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 191 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 30 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 42 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 4 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 3 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 6 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 5 records
- Baa Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 15 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 22 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 22 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 18 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 22 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 6 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 9 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 13 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Eilat, Israel - 1 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 29 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 6 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 18 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 36 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 13 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 50 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 4 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 3 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 15 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 17 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 13 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 3 records