Branching Staghorn Coral (Acropora nasuta)

CoralverifiedEndangered

Acropora nasuta

(Dana, 1846)

Branching Staghorn Coral

Verified againstWoRMS

Taxonomy

Class

Hexacorallia

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Acroporidae

Where to find it

common

Iran Japan (Okinawa)

occasional

Cook Islands Japan

rare

Thailand (Gulf of Thailand)

Other species in Acroporidae

Acropora polystoma

Acropora polystoma

Astreopora randalli

Astreopora randalli

Isopora elizabethensis

Isopora elizabethensis

Acropora longicyathus

Acropora longicyathus

Acropora robusta

Acropora robusta

Pore Coral (Montipora digitata)

Montipora digitata

Pore Coral

Pore Coral (Montipora crassituberculata)

Montipora crassituberculata

Pore Coral

Acropora anthocercis

Acropora anthocercis

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