Characters: Colonies are hemispherical to encrusting. Corallites are immersed and sometimes moderately crowded, with rounded openings surrounded by feathery spinules giving the colony surface a spiny appearance. Coenosteum papillae are fine.
Colour: Cream, grey or brown.
Similar Species: Astreopora randalli. See also A. myriophthalma.
Habitat: A wide range of environments, especially in shallow turbid water.
Abundance: Usually uncommon.
Taxonomic References: Lamberts (1982); Veron and Wallace (1984); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Veron (1986a); Nishihira and Veron (1995); Pillay, Terashima, Venkatasami et al. (2002); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
