The Acroporidae family includes 2 of our favourite hard corals – Staghorn and Table Corals, from the genus Acropora. It also contains the less noticeable Astreopora and Montipora Corals – which have very different growth forms.
Their correct identification is close to impossible, as their growth form is so often determined by their environment!
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Identification problems same as for Staghorn Corals.
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ie Astreopora and Montipora hard corals. The genus Montipora has the second greatest number of species occurring within the hard corals, but generally they are neither distinctive nor easy to identify...
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