Acropora ID help

[Curiousbranching]

Got these acro from lfs but they don't have a label, does anybody know what species?

 

[mjgonereefing]

Pretty sure only acro pros can help you with this one? They look nice that’s all I know

 

[MoshJosh]

I tried googling for some simple ways to ID acros. . . the most informed sounding post I found said something about needing to use a microscope. . .

 

[mjgonereefing]

I just bought a 5 frag mystery pack online and called the store and asked and they told me they don’t even know. What the f?

 

[MoshJosh]

I just bought a 5 frag mystery pack online and called the store and asked and they told me they don’t even know. What the f?

From the most reliable sources. . . Wiki:

"The species are distributed in the Indo-Pacific (over 100 species) and Caribbean (3 species). However, the true number of species is unknown: firstly, the validity of many of these species is questioned as some have been shown to represent hybrids, for example Acropora prolifera;[5] and secondly, some species have been shown to represent cryptic species complexes.[6]"

and this from an actual source:

"
The Genus Acropora is characterised by a porous skeleton, simple septa, the absence of a columella and the presence of two types of corallites, i.e. axial and radial (Wallace 1999). The terminology used to describe skeletal characters follows Wallace and Wolstenholme (1998) and Wallace (1999). For each species, we examined the growth form of the corallum; shape and inner and outer diameter of axial corallites; the shape, arrangement and density of radial corallites; and the presence of one or more types of radial corallites. At the subcorallite level, size and shape of septa, number of septal cycles and characteristics of the coenosteum on and between corallites were considered. Axial corallite diameters were expressed as the range for three to five corallites randomly selected, except when only one branch was available, for which only a single value could be recorded. Species were identified using primarily Veron and Wallace (1984, Wallace and Wolstenholme (1998), Wallace (1999) and Veron (2000). For certain species, an identification was reached after additional discussion with B. Riegl. Species are listed in alphabetic order for purposes of clarity in the reading of this paper.

Due to the complexity of the genus Acropora, some species could not be conclusively identified. To make this clear, the abbreviation cf. precedes the names of these species."

https://bioone.org/journals/african-invertebrates/volume-56/issue-3/afin.056.0320/An-Annotated-and-Illustrated-Checklist-of-Species-of-the-Coral/10.5733/afin.056.0320.full

 

[acropora4u]

I'm no expert, but this one looks like Acropora tenius:

 

[vetteguy53081]

I'm no expert, but this one looks like Acropora tenius:

Looks like purple rain or purple tipped acro.

 

[386reeftrader]

First, has characteristics of A. Hyacinthus

Second, A. Exquisita

Third, has that A. Aculeus look