Characters: Colonies are flat plates commonly over one metre across and consist of flattened branches that are either radiating or irregular. Axial and incipient axial corallites are long and tubular. Radial corallites are widely spaced, irregular in size and shape and face different directions. They are scattered evenly over branch surfaces.
Colour: Tan, usually with pale branch ends.
Similar Species: Acropora elegans, which has larger corallites and a more uniform branching pattern. See also A. pichoni.
Habitat: Deep steep slopes.
Abundance: Uncommon.
Taxonomic References: Wallace and Wolstenholme (1998); Wallace (1999); Veron (2000a); Wallace, Done and Muir (2012);
Identification Guides: Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
