Staghorn coral
Acropora plumosa
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 6 countries and 2 regions.
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 4 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 46 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 4 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 6 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 9 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records