Acropora prostrata

Description: Colonies form corymbose or irregular cushions with thin elongate branches. Axial corallites are tubular in shape. Radial corallites are all the same size. They have prominent lower lips giving a scale-like appearance.

Color: Dull creamy-brown, pink or blue (which may photograph purple), usually with distinctively coloured radial corallite lips.

Habitat: Reef slopes and lagoons.

Abundance: Uncommon.