Characters: Colonies form submassive plates and/or columns. Corallites are small and shallow, each with a few slightly exsert petaloid primary septa.
Colour: Purple, grey or brown.
Similar Species: The growth-form is unlike any other Psammocora species but colonies of Coscinaraea exesa may be similar in shape.
Habitat: Most reef environments.
Abundance: Usually uncommon.
Taxonomic Note: Taxonomic characters are poorly differentiated. Incorrectly interpreted by Veron and Pichon (1976).
Taxonomic References: Benzoni, Stefani, Pichon et al. (2010);
Identification Guides: Randall and Myers (1983) as Psammocora haimiana; Veron (1986a) as Psammocora haimiana; Nishihira and Veron (1995) as Psammocora haimiana; Coles (1996) as Psammocora haimiana; Fenner (2005) as Psammocora haimiana; Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
