Elkhorn coral
Acropora palmata
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: CR - Critically Endangered - facing an extremely 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 46 diving areas across 24 countries and 5 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 8 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 100 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 1336 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 258 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 1346 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 4 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 1014 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 3 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 3 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 668 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 618 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 53 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 804 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 789 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 164 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 5 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 10 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 10 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 103 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 100 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 47 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 136 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 149 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 148 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 20 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 10 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 10 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 146 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 704 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 317 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 231 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 169 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 32 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 88 records
- Utila, Honduras - 226 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 50 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 1 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 48 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 154 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 242 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 244 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 1 records