Characters: Colonies are composed of robust horizontal main branches which usually diverge. Short upright branchlets diverge from main branches. Axial corallites and incipient axial corallites radiate from branchlets and are tubular in shape large and dominant. Radial corallites are small and pocket shaped.
Colour: Cream, brown or blue (which may photograph pink).
Similar Species: Acropora caroliniana has smaller corallites and forms more plate-like colonies. See also A. granulosa.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Sometimes common.
Taxonomic References: Wallace (1994); Wallace (1999); Veron (2000a); Wallace, Done and Muir (2012);
