Characters: Colonies are submassive or encrusting and may be over one metre across. Corallites are uniformly distributed but collines are characteristically uneven in height and may form slightly raised ridges several centimetres long. Septo-costae are in two slightly alternating orders.
Colour: Uniform pale to dark brown.
Similar Species: Pavona duerdeni.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Uncommon.
Taxonomic References: Nemenzo (1979a); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Nishihira and Veron (1995); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);