Features: cespitosa or corymb E colonies, composed of branches that are connected in three dimensions. The branches are thin, with most of the surface occupied by coral. The Axial corallites are tubular. The radial corallites are tubular and close together; nariformi and become conspicuous to the tip of the branches, giving the colony a thorny issue.
Color: mainly light brown, cream or white with purple tips, pink, blue or cream.
Similar species: A. plantaginea . (See also A. nasuta, which corallites form similar but corymb and A kimbeensis , which has smaller corallites and finer branches).
Habitat: top of the reef.
Wild: common.
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