Characters: Colonies are branching with blunt-ended branches becoming thick and submassive. Corallites are immersed, conical or hooded. They have a solid style-like columella, six primary septa which may be short or fused with the columella, and sometimes six short secondary septa. The coenosteum is covered by fine spinules.
Colour: Uniform cream, pink, blue (which may photograph pink) or green.
Similar Species: Stylophora danae. See also S. subseriata.
Habitat: Primarily in shallow water reef environments exposed to strong wave action.
Abundance: Common; may be a dominant species on exposed reef fronts.
Taxonomic Note: A species complex.
Taxonomic References: Veron and Pichon (1976); Dai (1989);
Identification Guides: Veron (1986a); Nishihira and Veron (1995); Coles (1996); Carpenter, Harrison, Hodgson et al. (1997); Pichon, Benzoni, Chaineau et al. (2010); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
