Acropora globiceps coral

Protected Status

ESA Threatened

Throughout Its Range

CITES Appendix II

Throughout Its Range

Quick Facts

Weight

Not relevant for corals

Lifespan

Up to hundreds of years

Length

N/A

Threats

Climate change, including ocean warming and ocean acidification, Diseases, Land-based sources of pollution, Unsustainable fishing, Small population size, Habitat degradation

Location

Pacific Islands

See Regulatory Actions

About The Species

Acropora globiceps is a species of coral found in the oceanic central and western Pacific Ocean and central Indo-Pacific. Within the United States, it is known to occur in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas. Colonies of Acropora globiceps coral have finger-like branches. The size and appearance of branches depend on degree of exposure to wave action but are always closely compacted. Acropora globiceps is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

NOAA Fisheries is committed to conserving and protecting Acropora globiceps. Our scientists and partners use a variety of innovative techniques to study, learn more about, and protect this species.

Learn more about Acropora globiceps (PDF, 4 pages).

Protected Status

ESA Threatened

Throughout Its Range

CITES Appendix II

Throughout Its Range

Scientific Classification

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Cnidaria
Class	Anthozoa
Order	Scleractinia
Family	Acroporidae
Genus	Acropora
Species	globiceps

Management Overview

Acropora globiceps is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Key Actions and Documents

Actions & Documents Incidental Take

Listing of 20 Reef-Building Coral Species Under the ESA

We, NOAA Fisheries, are publishing this final rule to implement our final determination to list the following 20 species as threatened: five in the Caribbean (Dendrogyra cylindrus, Orbicella annularis, Orbicella faveolata, Orbicella franksi, and

Final Rule

Pacific Islands

Southeast

Effective

October 10, 2014