Characters: Colonies may be up to one metre across and consist of prostrate or irregular fine branches. Larger colonies have distinct orders of branches and sub-branches. Branches do not fuse. Axial corallites are distinct on all orders of sub-branches. Radial corallites are widely spaced and scattered over the whole branch surface. They are appressed and tubular.
Colour: Tan, usually with pale branch ends.
Similar Species: Acropora pichoni and A. tenella, both of which have much larger corallites and do not have distinctive orders of unfused branches.
Habitat: Protected reef slopes.
Abundance: Rare.
Taxonomic References: Wallace (1999); Veron (2000a); Wallace, Done and Muir (2012);
