Characters: Colonies consist of open thickets of sturdy tapered upright branches. Axial corallites are moderately large and tubular to dome-shaped. Radial corallites are of mixed sizes, the largest being tubular and exsert, with thick walls and small openings. The coenosteum is fine.
Colour: Brown-purple with pale tips.
Similar Species: Acropora rudis, which has much larger branches and larger barrel-shaped corallites, with radial corallites restricted to the upper side of branches. See also A. hemprichii which has thinner branches and smaller corallites.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Uncommon.
Taxonomic References: Wallace (1999); Veron (2000a); Wallace, Done and Muir (2012);
