Is a branching stony coral with cylindrical branches ranging from a few centimetres to over two metres in length and height. It occurs in back reef and fore reef environments from 0 to 30 m depth. It occurs in irregular colonies consisting of thick branches towards the centre, but its outer branches are thinner. Its rasp-like radial corallites can be of a variety of diameters and shapes.

Acropora pulchra, is a species of coral belonging to the Acroporidae family . It lives in shallow waters in the coral reefs of the Western Indo-Pacific Ocean ...