Close-up of staghorn coral (Astreopora myriophthalma), Ras Mohammed National Park, off Sharm el Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt, Red Sea, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Bleached Staghorn Coral, Acropora, Christmas Island, Australia

A slightly bleached staghorn coral colony grows in shallow water in the Solomon Islands. This Melanesian region is known for its spectacular marine biodiversity.

Fast-growing staghorn coral fragments, Acropora sp., are being grown in hopes of replanting colonies in reef areas of the Caribbean Sea that have been damaged.

Staghorn scleractinic hard corals (Acropora species), on a coral reef in Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, Maldives

A 'forest' of Staghorn (Acropora species) hard corals, on a coral reef in Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, Maldives

A 'forest' of Staghorn (Acropora species) hard corals, on a coral reef in Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, Maldives

Split image of staghorn coral (Acropora sp.) and island, Truk lagoon, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean, Pacific

Damselfish swimming over staghorn coral (Acropora sp.), and banca silhouette, Chapel, Apo island Marine Reserve, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Split image of staghorn coral (Acropora sp.) and island, Truk lagoon, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean, Pacific

Split image of staghorn coral (Acropora sp.) and island, Truk lagoon, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean, Pacific

Split image of staghorn coral (Acropora sp.) and island, Truk lagoon, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean, Pacific

Split image of staghorn coral (Acropora sp.) and island, Truk lagoon, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean, Pacific

Yellow Staghorn Sponge Axinella dissimilis

Staghorn corals ( Acropora sp. ), shoal of Caerulean damselfish ( Pomacentrus caeruleus ) and Sulphur damselfish ( Pomacentrus sulfureus ), Mahe, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Staghorn coral (Acropora sp.), Truk lagoon, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean, Pacific

Split image of staghorn coral, Acropora sp., and island, Truk lagoon, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific

Anthias, Pseudanthias sp., swim over a hard coral garden with a variety of different hard corals including table, branching, cabbage or lettuce, staghorn, and leather varieties, Acropora sp., Porites sp., Echinopora sp., Sarcophyton sp., Spice Islands, Maluku Region, Halmahera, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Split shot or over under of a shallow reef with a variety of table, leather, and staghorn corals, Acropora sp., Porites sp., Litophyton sp., sarcophyton sp., and the island of Bunaken, Bunaken Marine Park, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Split image of staghorn coral, Acropora sp., and uninhabited island, Ailuk atoll, Marshall Islands, Pacific

Split photo of branching staghorn corals, Acropora sp., and islands in the background, Loloda Selatan, Spice Islands, Maluku Region, Halmahera, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Underwater photo backlit photo of large Pharaoh stony coral (Acropora pharaonis) stony coral, in the background diver with underwater lamp, above light reflections of sunlight on water surface sea surface, Red Sea, Egypt, Africa

Pharaoh antler coral (Acropora pharaonis), Panorama Reef dive site, Hurghada, Egypt, Red Sea, Africa

Pharaoh antler coral (Acropora pharaonis), House Reef dive site, Mangrove Bay, El Quesir, Red Sea, Egypt, Africa

A scuba diver underwater. Staghorn coral branches growing up from the reef.

Staghorn Coral (Acropora sp) on reef, Raja Ampat, Indonesia