Characters: Solitary, free-living when mature, up to 45 millimetres diameter. Walls are indistinct beneath the septo-costae, which are in three orders. Teeth are large and lobed. Columellae are broad and compact. A paliform crown may be distinguishable. Tentacles are fleshy and transparent, making it possible to see the underlying skeleton.
Colour: Usually pale brown of cream.
Similar Species: Similar to Cynarina lacrymalis except smaller with thick septa arranged in orders and not very exsert. See also Acanthophyllia deshayesiana.
Habitat: Deep sandy substrates where other free-living corals are found.
Abundance: Rare.
Taxonomic Note: Little studied and not clearly differentiated from Parascolymia. None of the several published opinions about this genus are based on original fieldwork. All colour images given here are aquarium specimens. This species has not been studied in the field.
Taxonomic References: Best and Hoeksema (1987); Veron (2000a);
