Characters: Colonies are massive. Corallites are a mixture; some slightly exsert, others foveolate (funnel-shaped). Tuberculae and papillae are absent.
Colour: Usually pale brown or blue (which may photograph purple).
Similar Species: This species is like a diminutive Montipora foveolata. See also M. caliculata and M. turgescens.
Habitat: Most reef environments.
Abundance: Uncommon.
Taxonomic Note: A species complex.
Taxonomic References: Veron and Wallace (1984); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Veron (1986a); Sheppard and Sheppard (1991); Chan, Choi, McCorry et al. (2005); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
