Staghorn coral
Acropora speciosa
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a 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 23 diving areas across 11 countries and 5 regions.
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 12 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 2 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 19 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 3 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 3 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 3 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 6 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 6 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 6 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 12 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 2 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 8 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 6 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 3 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 3 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 6 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 3 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 52 records