Characters: Colonies are mostly submassive and meandroid. Valleys are highly convoluted. Septo-costae are in two indistinct orders; they seldom join on the tops of walls, but rather are obliquely fused forming a thin ridge.
Colour: Cream, green or light brown.
Similar Species: Gyrosmilia interrupta and Meandrina meandrites. This species also resembles Leptoria irregularis.
Habitat: Reef slopes.
Abundance: Locally common.
Taxonomic Note: The type species of Ctenella Matthai, 1928.
Taxonomic References: Sheppard, Dinesen and Drew (1983); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Pillay, Terashima, Venkatasami et al. (2002);
