Staghorn coral
Acropora solitaryensis
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 36 diving areas across 17 countries and 5 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 9 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 33 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 5 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 3 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 5 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 14 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 5 records
- Baa Atoll, Maldives - 8 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 14 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 14 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 14 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 14 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 17 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 17 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 3 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 32 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 2 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 32 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 34 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 27 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 24 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 26 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 24 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 69 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 3 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 5 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 8 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 7 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 1 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 9 records