Staghorn coral
Acropora pharaonis
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 24 diving areas across 19 countries and 4 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 2 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 2 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 5 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 3 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 4 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Dahab, Egypt - 12 records
- Deep South, Egypt - 1 records
- Eilat, Israel - 7 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 9 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 12 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 23 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 6 records