Stony Coral

Acropora floresensis

• Group: Coral
• IUCN status: DD

A branching stony coral of shallow reef flats and the upper reef slope, it builds the fast growing arms typical of its group. Each branch is crowded with small polyps that share food through a living tissue stretched over the colony skeleton.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hexacorallia › Scleractinia › Acroporidae › Acropora

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 1826772.