Staghorn coral

Acropora selago

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 43 diving areas across 23 countries and 6 regions.

Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 1 records
Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 94 records
Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 6 records
Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 4 records
Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 3 records
Pohnpei, Micronesia - 3 records
Yap, Micronesia - 3 records
Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 42 records
Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 6 records
Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 73 records
Kerama Islands, Japan - 10 records
Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 13 records
Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 6 records
Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
Lakshadweep, India - 1 records
Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 3 records
South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 4 records
Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 5 records
Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 1 records
Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
Bali, Indonesia - 12 records
Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 1 records
Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 20 records
Flores, Indonesia - 17 records
Halmahera, Indonesia - 18 records
Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 6 records
Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 6 records
Sulawesi, Indonesia - 67 records
Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 4 records
Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 1 records