Staghorn coral
Acropora valida
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 68 diving areas across 36 countries and 6 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 3 records
- Coral Sea, Australia - 40 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 308 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 5 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 1 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 4 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 7 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 7 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 3 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 5 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 5 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 6 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 3 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 95 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 24 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 61 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 64 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 17 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 24 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 8 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 14 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 1 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 21 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 12 records
- Baa Atoll, Maldives - 21 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 37 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 66 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 66 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 42 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 66 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 5 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 10 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 7 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 3 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 24 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 5 records
- Dar es Salaam & Offshore Islands, Tanzania - 17 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Eilat, Israel - 5 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 7 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 7 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 2 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 15 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 12 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 12 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 44 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 5 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 15 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 6 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 50 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 2 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 7 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 12 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 34 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 5 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 11 records