Staghorn coral
Acropora yongei
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 28 diving areas across 11 countries and 6 regions.
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 98 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 4 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 6 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 2 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 16 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 52 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 10 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 3 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 3 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 3 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 13 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 12 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 12 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 3 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 5 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 7 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 3 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 56 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 2 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 3 records