Anacropora puertogalerae
Nemenzo, 1964
Description: Branches are compact, less than 13 millimetres thick and tapering to a point. Corallites are widely spaced. Thin spines usually project below corallites.
Color: Pale brown, sometimes with white branch tips.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Uncommon.
Similar Species: Anacropora spinosa. See also A. forbesi, which has rounded branch tips and less development of spines.
Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic reference: Veron and Wallace (1984). Identification guides: Veron (1986), Nishihira and Veron (1995).
Part of an extensive thicket. Calamian Islands, Philippines Photograph: Charlie Veron
Part of a thicket of compact branches. Papua New Guinea Photograph: Jim Maragos
A typical tangle of branches. Papua New Guinea Photograph: Jim Maragos
Skeletal detail. Corallites and coenosteum.