Characters: Colonies are massive or are unifacial or bifacial thick plates which may be tiered in large colonies. Corallites are mostly immersed. The coenosteum is covered with papillae and/or tuberculae.
Colour: Pale brown or blue (which may photograph pink), with blue or white margins.
Similar Species: Montipora incrassata and M. tuberculosa. The latter has smaller corallites and smaller papillae.
Habitat: Mostly upper reef slopes.
Abundance: Common.
Taxonomic Note: A species complex.
Taxonomic References: Veron and Wallace (1984); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Veron (1986a); Sheppard and Sheppard (1991); Nishihira and Veron (1995); Pillay, Terashima, Venkatasami et al. (2002); Pichon, Benzoni, Chaineau et al. (2010); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
