Characters: Colonies may be over 2 metres across and composed of fused cylindrical horizontal branches with upturned pointed ends. Colonies usually have a side attachment. Branches are widely spaced, equidistant and uniform in shape. Radial corallites are uniform, tubular, and neatly aligned along branches.
Colour: Mixtures of brown, blue and green with pale branch ends.
Similar Species: Acropora hoeksemai. See also A. acuminata, which has smaller, more compact branches and smaller corallites.
Habitat: Upper and lower reef slopes protected from wave action and inter-reef channels.
Abundance: Common.
Taxonomic References: Veron and Wallace (1984); Wallace (1999); Veron (2000a); Wallace, Done and Muir (2012);
Identification Guides: Veron (1986a); Sheppard and Sheppard (1991); Nishihira and Veron (1995); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
