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Staghorn Coral

Aspect:

  Form an entanglement of thin, sharp-tipped radially developing branches and sub-branches. Resembles a petrified giant spark.  
Population: Common.
Notable feature:

Yellow to light brown. Round-section branches are covered in hard corallites, but tipped with a white corallite, which has nothing to do with coral bleaching disease.

Environment: Relatively shallow waters down to about 20 metres, on sandy bottoms.
Behaviour: .
  • French designation: Corail Corne de Cerf
  • Latin designation: Acropora cervicornis
  • Creole designation: -
  • Latin family: Acroporidae
  • Size (cm): 150 (dia)
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