Characters: Colonies are encrusting to submassive and up to 0.3 metres across, with irregular branch-like upgrowths up to 100 millimetres thick which become flattened near their ends. Coenosteum papillae are inconspicuous. Corallite walls are well defined.
Colour: Pale to dark brown.
Similar Species: Montipora turtlensis, which does not usually have branch-like upgrowths and has larger, more concentrated papillae. See also M. flabellata.
Habitat: Subtidal environments.
Abundance: Rare.
Taxonomic References: Vaughan (1907a); Veron (2000a); Hunter, Ciarcia, Hennings et al. (2010);
Identification Guides: Fenner (2005);
