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Family Acroporidae

WESTERN PACIFIC

Acropora tutuilensis

Leone, Tutuila, American Samoa, 20 feet

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TUTUILA ACROPORA

Uncommon on shallow reefs exposed to wave action.  Partially fused horizontal branches with numerous axial corallites along margins, and large tubular radial corallites with smaller ones at their base.  Brownish-gray with pale tips.  Indonesia to Samoa.