Staghorn coral
Acropora retusa
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 20 diving areas across 15 countries and 4 regions.
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 1 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 9 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 32 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 5 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 4 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 8 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 3 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 30 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 11 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 4 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records