Characters: Colonies are thick interconnecting bifacial upright plates or are submassive, with or without lobed horizontal margins and upright plates. Corallites are irregular, deep seated, and are sometimes aligned parallel to margins or to radiating ridges.
Colour: Brown, creamy-yellow or greenish.
Similar Species: Stunted colonies superficially resemble Pavona danai and P. frondifera.
Habitat: Most reef environments.
Abundance: Common.
Taxonomic References: Veron and Pichon (1980);
Identification Guides: Veron (1986a); Sheppard and Sheppard (1991); Nishihira and Veron (1995); Carpenter, Harrison, Hodgson et al. (1997); Pillay, Terashima, Venkatasami et al. (2002); Chan, Choi, McCorry et al. (2005); Pichon, Benzoni, Chaineau et al. (2010); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
