Staghorn coral comes in many shapes and forms. There are 315 species named to date. The general characteristic is that the colony is shaped like an antler (of a stag), leading to the name staghorn coral.
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Acropora coral is found throughout tropical and subtropical waters around the world.
Reproduction takes place through coral spawning. Each coral species respons to certain lunar positions and water temperatures, by releasing their gametes.
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Zooxanthellae capture sunlight to transfer it into nutritional compounds for the coral animal.
Identification of Acropra coral, and coral in general, is very hard, and not always possible by visual inspection alone. Our aim is to identify corals to a taxonomic level where identification can be made with high certainty.