Characters: Colonies are corymbose clumps, cushion-shaped or prostrate, depending on the length of branchlets. Branchlets are thin and delicate. Axial corallites are long and tubular. Radial corallites are scale-like, lightly structured and do not form a rosette.
Colour: Pale cream, brown, blue or pink. Tentacles are frequently extended during the day.
Similar Species: Acropora tenuis, which has thicker branchlets and radial corallites arranged in a rosette. See also A. insignis.
Habitat: A wide variety of environments from exposed upper reef slopes to turbid lagoons.
Abundance: Sometimes common.
Taxonomic References: Veron and Wallace (1984); Wallace (1999); Veron (2000a); Wallace, Done and Muir (2012);
Identification Guides: Pillay, Terashima, Venkatasami et al. (2002); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
