Acropora formosa
Acropora formosa | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Anthozoa |
Order: | Scleractinia |
Family: | Acroporidae |
Genus: | Acropora |
Species: | A. formosa |
Binomial name | |
Acropora formosa (Dana, 1846) | |
Acropora formosa (sometimes called staghorn coral) is a species of acroporid coral found in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, the southwest and northwest Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf, the northern Indian Ocean, the central Indo-Pacific, Australia, Southeast Asia, Japan, the East China Sea and the oceanic west and central Pacific Ocean. It is found in shallow tropical reefs, reef slopes and in lagoons, from depths of 5–30 m.
References
- ↑ Richards, Z.T., Delbeek, J.T., Lovell, E.R., Bass, D., Aeby, G. & Reboton, C. (2014). "Acropora formosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 28 August 2014.