VU — Vulnerable

starry cup coral

Acanthastrea hemprichii

Conservation status data sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Countries

01 — Classification

Taxonomy & Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Lobophylliidae

Genus

Acanthastrea

starry cup coral belongs to the family Lobophylliidae, order Scleractinia, within the Anthozoa class.

03 — Habitat

Habitat & Distribution

MARINEMajor

06 — Range

Found in 19 Countries

American Samoa Australia Djibouti Egypt French Southern Territories Indonesia Iran Japan Madagascar Marshall Islands Mayotte Micronesia New Caledonia Oman Saudi Arabia South Africa Tonga Vietnam Yemen

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07 — Sources

Sources & Attribution

How to Cite

IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS

GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org

This page: SpeciesRadar (2025). starry cup coral (Acanthastrea hemprichii). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/starry-cup-coral

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