Characters: Colonies are mixtures of flattened branches, columns and/or irregular nodules. Sometimes they occur as free-living mobile balls. Corallite structures are fine and corallites are shallow, giving colonies a smooth surface.
Colour: Pale to dark grey-brown.
Similar Species: The fine superficial corallites are like those of Psammocora superficialis but the different growth-forms are always distinctive.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments and soft substrate.
Abundance: Common over a wide range of environments.
Taxonomic References: Veron and Pichon (1976); Veron (2000a); Stefani, Benzoni, Pichon et al. (2008);
Identification Guides: Randall and Myers (1983); Veron (1986a); Sheppard and Sheppard (1991); Nishihira and Veron (1995); Carpenter, Harrison, Hodgson et al. (1997); Pichon, Benzoni, Chaineau et al. (2010); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
