Revision and catalogue of worldwide staghorn corals Acropora and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Museum of Tropical Queensland Author Wallace, Carden C. Author Done, Barbara J. Author Muir, Paul R. text Memoirs of the Queensland Museu Nature 2012 2012-06-30 57 1 258 journal article 28769 10.5281/zenodo.2163512 efa6ed42-a9c8-4eb7-909e-81fb4091b243 0079-8835 2163512 Acropora hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834) ( Fig. 40 ) Heteropora hemprichii Ehrenberg, 1834: 109 . Type locality. Red Sea (syntypes MNB). MTQ Holdings. Red Sea: G54682, G54871, G55244, G62977, G62983, G62985 Saudi Arabia; G58868 Yemen. Species group: rudis . Description. Colony outline: indeterminate, predominantly arborescent. Branches: tertiary branching order present; length: 50–100 mm; diameter:>19.9 mm, axial-dominated, tapering; radial crowding: most touching; axial/radial ratio:>1:10. Axial corallites: greater than three synapticular rings; not porous; outer diameter 2.7–4.1 mm; inner diameter 0.8–1.2 mm; primary septa to ¾ R. Radial corallites: large; two synapticular rings; one size or graded; inner wall developed; shape: rounded tubular; openings: oval-rounded; primary septa to 2/3 R. Coenosteum: same on and between radials: reticulate; spinule shape: single point. Further literature. Sheppard & Sheppard (1991), Wallace (1999), Veron (2000).