Description: Beds of staghorn coral (Acropora Sp) undulate across the sea floor at Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific, some 1,600 miles southwest of Honolulu. (Jim Maragos/USFWS). Date: 12 March 2005, 12:40. Source: Staghorn coral on Baker Island NWR Uploaded by Dolovis. Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters.
Description: English: Endangered Staghorn Coral photographed off Haulover Bay, Saint John, US Virgin Islands, June 2013. Date: 30 May 2014, 09:37:13. Source: Own work. Author: Onislandtimes.
Description: Hertshoorn koraal. Date: 2 May 2007 (original upload date). Source: Transferred from nl.wikipedia to Commons. Author: Albert Kok at Dutch Wikipedia (Original text: albert kok). Permission(Reusing this file): publiek domein.
Description: English: The endangered Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) alive at Looe Key. July 1, 2010. Date: 30 July 2010 (original upload date). Source: Own work. Author: Jstuby at English Wikipedia.
With the decline of coral throughout the keys, any healthy specimens are a welcome sight.This cluster of Elkhorn coral is particularly encouraging to see.Elkhorn CoralAcropora palmataLooe Key Sanctuary Preservation AreaFlorida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS)Monore County, Florida, USAOlympus OM-D E-M5 Mark IIOlympus 14-42mm II R LensPT-EP13 Underwater Housing, PPZR-EP02 Lens Port & 14-42mm Zoom GearI try to identify species using Reef Coral Identification/ Reef Creature Identification - Humann/Deloach (Second Edition 2002) but I'm by no means an expert. View on iNaturalist