Characters: Colonies are generally hemispherical or spherical, up to 0.5 metres across. The colony surface is smooth and corallites are evenly spaced.
Colour: Usually cream or brown, but may be bright colours in shallow water.
Similar Species: Porites lobata, which is distinguished by its larger corallites and longer septa. Porites stephensoni has similar corallite characters.
Habitat: Shallow clear water, especially reef flats.
Abundance: Sometimes common.
Taxonomic References: Wells (1954); Veron and Pichon (1982); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Veron (1986a); Nishihira and Veron (1995);
