Characters: Colonies are massive, hemispherical or irregular. Corallites are rounded with thick walls and have six prominent paliform lobes. Polyps are elongate.

Colour: Uniform grey with blue mouths (which may photograph pink).

Similar Species: Goniopora tenuidens, which has closely packed uniform polyps and corallites with thin walls. See also G. djiboutiensis, which has larger polyps.

Habitat: Shallow reef environments.

Abundance: Common.