Acropora walindii Wallace, 1999

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Acropora walindii Wallace, 1999: 310, pl. 86.

Type locality. Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

MTQ Holdings. HOLOTYPE G54648, PARATYPES G53310, G54649–50 Papua New Guinea; Indonesia: G60743, G59377–80 Irian Jaya; Micronesia: G62626–28 Pohnpei.

Species group: elegans.

Description. Colony outline: indeterminate, predominantly arborescent. Branches: tertiary branching order absent; length: 2 5–50 mm; diameter: 2.5–4.9 mm, axial-dominated, terete; radial crowding: not touching; axial/radial ratio: <1:10. Axial corallites: greater than three synapticular rings; not porous; outer diameter 1.0–1.3 mm; inner diameter 0.3–0.5 mm; primary septa to 2/3 R. Radial corallites: medium; greater than three synapticular rings; one size or graded; inner wall developed; shape: appressed tubular; openings: oval-rounded; primary septa to 2/3 R. Coenosteum: same on and between radials: dense spinules; spinule shape: elaborate.

Further literature. Veron (2000).