Characters: Polyps are circular or slightly oval domes up to 40 millimetres wide with a concave undersurface. Septa are straight and symmetrical. Primary septa are thick and exsert around the mouth.
Colour: Pale cream or greenish, often with white margins to major septa. Sometimes brightly coloured in shallow water.
Similar Species: Cycloseris curvata.
Habitat: Soft inter-reef and sometimes reef substrates.
Abundance: Common.
Taxonomic Note: A species complex. Most occurrences in the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea are doubtfully this species.
Taxonomic References: Veron and Pichon (1980); Veron (2000a); Hoeksema (2014);
Identification Guides: Veron (1986a); Sheppard and Sheppard (1991); Nishihira and Veron (1995); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
