Characters: Branches are compact, contorted, less than 10 millimetres thick and tapering to a point. Spines project below corallites. Corallites are elongate, crowded, irregular, and are usually not strongly tapered.
Colour: Pale brown, sometimes with white branch tips.
Similar Species: Anacropora puertogalerae, which has thicker branches and more elongate, less crowded, tapered corallite spines.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Usually uncommon.
Taxonomic Note: Poorly differentiated from Acropora puertogalerae.
Taxonomic References: Pillai (1973); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Nishihira and Veron (1995);
