Staghorn coral
Acropora spicifera
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 21 diving areas across 13 countries and 5 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 2 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 4 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 2 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 3 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 24 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 4 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 14 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 24 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 5 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 35 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 2 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 12 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 1 records