Characters: Colonies are massive, encrusting, or are thick unifacial plates. Corallites are slightly exsert, surrounded by partly fused thecal papillae. Coenosteum papillae are also present.
Colour: Usually dark brown or green but may be pale colours or bright blue or pink.
Similar Species: Montipora efflorescens. Montipora nodosa has larger corallites. See also M. lobulata.
Habitat: Upper reef slopes.
Abundance: Common.
Taxonomic References: Veron and Wallace (1984); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Veron (1986a); Nishihira and Veron (1995); Pillay, Terashima, Venkatasami et al. (2002); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
