Acropora lokani coral

Protected Status

ESA Threatened - Foreign

Throughout Its Range

Quick Facts

Weight

Not relevant for corals

Lifespan

Up to hundreds of years

Threats

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

Region

Foreign

See Regulatory Actions

About The Species

Acropora lokani is a species of coral found in marine, shallow reefs and sheltered lagoons in the Coral Triangle area (the Philippines to Timor Leste and east to the Solomon Islands). It occurs at depths between 26 and 82 feet.

Under the Endangered Species Act, NOAA Fisheries must list threatened and endangered marine species regardless of where they are found. Acropora lokani is listed as threatened throughout its range under the ESA.

Learn more about Acropora lokani (PDF, 3 pages)

Protected Status

ESA Threatened - Foreign

Throughout Its Range

Scientific Classification

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Species	lokani

Management Overview

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

Documents

Document

15 Indo-Pacific Coral Species Recovery Outline

This document serves as an interim guidance document to direct recovery efforts for 15 Indo-Pacific…

Pacific Islands

Document

Status Review Report of 82 Candidate Coral Species Petitioned Under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

On October 20, 2009, the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the National Marine Fisheries…

Pacific Islands

Acropora lokani coral