Staghorn coral
Acropora striata
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 12 countries and 4 regions.
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 7 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 17 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 18 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 5 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 20 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 6 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 4 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 7 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 3 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 33 records