Anacropora spinosa
Rehberg, 1892
Description: Branches are compact, contorted, less than 10 millimetres thick and tapering to a point. Spines project below corallites. Corallites are elongate, crowded, irregular, and are usually not strongly tapered.
Color: Pale brown, sometimes with white branch tips.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Usually uncommon.
Similar Species: Anacropora puertogalerae, which has thicker branches and more elongate, less crowded, tapered corallite spines.
Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic reference: Pillai (1973). Identification guide: Nishihira and Veron (1995).
Forming a dense thicket of twisted branches. Cebu, Philippines Photograph: Gustav Paulay
Showing branches. Cebu, Philippines Photograph: Charlie Veron
A small colony. Palau Photograph: Charlie Veron
Skeletal detail. Corallites and coenosteum.