Acropora selago

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Characters: Colonies are corymbose clumps, cushion-shaped or prostrate, depending on the length of branchlets. Branchlets are thin and delicate. Axial corallites are long and tubular. Radial corallites are scale-like, lightly structured and do not form a rosette. Colour: Pale cream, brown, blue or pink. Tentacles are frequently extended during the day. Similar species: Acropora tenuis, which has thicker branchlets and radial corallites arranged in a rosette. See also A. insignis. Habitat: A wide variety of environments from exposed upper reef slopes to turbid lagoons. Abundance: Sometimes common.

Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic references: Veron and Wallace (1984), Wallace (1999). Identification guides: Veron (1986), Nishihira and Veron (1995).