Coral Description
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia >> Phylum: Cnidaria >> Class: Anthozoa >> Order: Scleractinia >> Family: Acroporidae
Appearance:
- Arborescent growth and can form thickets
- Slender, usually with straight branches
- Irregularly spaced sub-branches
Colony size: Often >2m across
Colour: Grey, cream or brown with light tips
Radial Corallites:
- Numerous, small and normally uniform in size
Similar species: Acropora muricata has thicker branches and fewer sub-branches.
Environment: Upper reef slopes and lagoons
Acropora microphthalma large shallow coral colony
large shallow coral colony
Acropora microphthalma small deep coral colony
small deep coral colony
Acropora microphthalma Reefscapers coral frame Maldives
Reefscapers coral frame
Acropora microphthalma coral branch
coral branch
Acropora microphthalma coral skeleton
coral skeleton
Acropora microphthalma coral skeleton closeup
coral skeleton closeup
Acropora microphthalma coral fluorescence
coral fluorescence
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