Features: colonies are formed by branches prostrate, sometimes interrelated (similar to brushes for cleaning bottles). The secondary branches are fine and uniform. There is no distinction between the corals and the axial thrust and initials. The radial corallites are short and tubular or slightly protruding, indistinct or absent.
Color: usually cream or white, with ramifications blue or purple. Occasionally entirely blue.
Similar species: A. speciosa. See also A. subglabra , which has branches and irregular corallites shorter.
Habitat: protected areas of the reef, with clear water and many other species of Acropora.
Wild: uncommon but conspicuous.
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