Characters: Colonies are sturdy fused branches with rounded tips. Corallites are moderately excavated. The coenosteum is coarse.
Colour: Usually mustard or bright yellow-green, also pale brown.
Similar Species: Porites cylindrica, which has finer branches and less excavated corallites. See also P. tuberculosa.
Habitat: Shallow protected reef environments.
Abundance: Common.
Taxonomic References: Nemenzo (1955); Veron and Hodgson (1989); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Nishihira and Veron (1995);
