Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Staghorne coral

Acropora cervicornis

Description:

Photo take at -13 mt in a Coral reef very common coral in the Caribbean. Is a branching stony coral with cylindrical branches ranging from a few centimetres to over two metres in length and height. Found in reef environments from 0 to 30 mt.

Habitat:

Staghorn coral is found throughout the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, the Caribbean islands and the Great Barrier Reef. This coral occurs in the western Gulf of Mexico, but is absent from U.S. waters in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as Bermuda and the west coast of South America. The northern limit is on the east coast of Florida, near Boca Raton.Wikipedia

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

No Comments

Gerardo Aizpuru
Spotted by
Gerardo Aizpuru

Mexico

Spotted on Feb 27, 2012
Submitted on Feb 27, 2012

Related Spottings

Stony Coral Elkhorn Coral Staghorn coral Acropora aspera coral

Nearby Spottings

Sand Tilefish Dasher Beach Almond Slim Mexican Mantis

Reference

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team