Characters: Colonies form bottlebrush thickets with upright or prostrate main branches. Axial and incipient axial corallites are short and tapered. Radial corallites are small and pocket-shaped. All corallites have thick walls.
Colour: Uniform pale brown or cream, rarely blue or mauve.
Similar species: Acropora subglabra, which forms more open branches and has less numerous radial corallites with thinner walls. See also A. longicyathus and A. elseyi.
Habitat: Deep water or protected reef backs and lagoons.
