Isopora palifera

Kingdom: Animalia >> Phylum: Cnidaria >> Class: Anthozoa >> Order: Scleractinia >> Family: Acroporidae

Appearance:

• Encrusting plates, thick ridges or columns
• Branches/columns commonly upright but can be horizontal and irregular- growth form depends on wave action

Colour: Pale cream or brown

Axial Corallites:

• Usually absent

Radial Corallites:

• Smooth
• Rounded
• Exsert

Similar species: Acropora cuneata has smaller and flatter branches with finer, rounder and shorter corallites.

Environment: Wide range of reef environments