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| hard corals text index | photo index |
| Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Zoantharia/Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Family Acroporidae > Acropora sp. |
| Stumpy
acropora coral Acropora sp.* Family Acroporidae updated Nov 11 Where seen? This hard coral with rather stumpy branches and large axial corallites is sometimes on some of our Southern shores, larger colonies are more commonly seen on undisturbed shores. Features: Colonies 10-25cm. Short, thick stumpy branches forming a squat bush-like shape. The branches don't interlock. Generally, the axial corallite at the growing tip is very prominent and circular with a depression in the centre so it resembles a round bead. The radial corallites are smoothly rounded and form a rosette around the axial corallite. The radial corallites are regularly arranged along the branch. Colours generally brown. The coral often has various clams and crabs hidden among the branches. There are probably several different species on this page. It's hard to distinguish them without close examination of small features and they are grouped by large external features for convenience of display. |
 Sisters Island, Dec 05  |
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Stumpy acropora corals on Singapore shores
 Pulau Hantu, May 05 |
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 Raffles Lighthouse, Apr 07 |
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 Sisters Island, Mar 06 |
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 Sisters Island, Jun 08 |
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more photos of stumpy acropora corals on Singapore shores
northern shores
southern shores part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
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