Characters: Colonies are massive, and cerioid to submeandroid with thin, acute walls. Septa are thin and uniformly spaced. Columellae are weakly developed or absent.
Colour: Uniform or mottled grey or brown, usually with contrasting walls and valley floors.
Similar Species: Platygyra sinensis, which is more meandroid and has shallower valleys. See also P. pini, which has more widely spaced, more irregular septa and P. carnosus, which has well developed columellae. In general appearance P. verweyi has a neat Goniastrea-like skeletal structure.
Habitat: Reef flats and upper slopes.
Abundance: Usually uncommon.
Taxonomic Note: A species complex.
Taxonomic References: Wijsman-Best (1976); Veron (2000a); Huang, Benzoni, Fukami et al. (2014);
Identification Guides: Nishihira and Veron (1995); Chan, Choi, McCorry et al. (2005); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
