Coral Description
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia >> Phylum: Cnidaria >> Class: Anthozoa >> Order: Scleractinia >> Family: Acroporidae
Appearance:
- Various growth forms from bushes to tables
- Usually <0.5m across
Colour: Cream, brown or yellow, sometimes brown/cream with purple tips.
Axial Corallites: Small
Radial Corallites:
- Mixed sizes
- Strongly appressed and swollen
- Small openings
Similar species: Acropora cerealis and A. nasuta do not have strongly appressed radial corallites. A. nana has thinner branchlets and smaller less swollen radial corallites. A. variabilis also lacks swollen radial corallites.
Environment: Rocky foreshores and most reef environments
Acropora valida coral frame
coral frame
Acropora valida coral closeup
coral closeup
Acropora valida coral colony
coral colony
Acropora valida coral fragment
coral fragment
Acropora valida appressed corallites
appressed corallites
Acropora valida skeleton showing appressed radial corallites
appressed radial corallites
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