Characters: Colonies are submassive or encrusting. Corallites are foveolate (funnel-shaped) and immersed in the coenosteum so that the opening of the corallite is at the base of the funnel. The coenosteum is fine. Tuberculae and papillae are absent.
Colour: Usually pale brown, blue (which may photograph pink) or cream but may be brightly coloured, sometimes with bright blue or green tentacles partly extended during the day.
Similar Species: Montipora venosa.
Habitat: Most reef environments.
Abundance: Seldom common but relatively distinctive.
Taxonomic References: Wells (1954); Veron and Wallace (1984); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Veron (1986a); Nishihira and Veron (1995);
