Characters: Colonies are submassive. Corallites usually have regularly tapered sometimes elongate septal spines. Polyps are short with knob-like tentacle tips.
Colour: Pale pinkish-brown to bright pink, sometimes with grey oral discs and white tentacle tips.
Similar Species: Alveopora japonica. See also A. spongiosa, which has larger corallites and distinctive polyps.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Usually uncommon.
Taxonomic References: Veron and Pichon (1982); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Veron (1986a); Sheppard and Sheppard (1991); Nishihira and Veron (1995); Pillay, Terashima, Venkatasami et al. (2002); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
