Acropora tumida
Verrill, 1866
Description: Colonies have irregular to submassive bases and irregular branches and may form thickets over 3 metres across. Axial corallites are small. Radial corallites are aligned along branches, and are appressed with thick lips and wide openings.
Color: Mottled yellowish-grey and dark green.
Habitat: Rocky foreshores in shallow turbid water.
Abundance: Locally common.
Similar Species: Acropora striata and A. pruinosa. See also A. parahemprichii.
Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic references: Veron (1980, 1992). Identification guides: Scott (1984), Nishihira and Veron (1995).
Typical appearance of a well formed colony. Dumaguete, Philippines Photograph: Doug Fenner
Corallite detail. Vietnam Photograph: Charlie Veron
A colony with tightly compacted branches. Honshu Japan Photograph: Moritaka Nishihira
Skeletal detail. Axial and radial corallites.