Characters: Colonies are encrusting and helmet-shaped, with neatly scalloped lower margins. Corallites are angular and characteristically aligned in short shallow radiating valleys at the colony margin. Septa are strongly beaded. A small neat paliform crown is usually present. Budding is both intra- and extratentacular.
Colour: Pinkish-tan.
Similar Species: Unlike other Goniastrea. Goniastrea aspera does not have corallites aligned in valleys. See also G. palauensis and Favites abdita.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Common.
Taxonomic Note: Placed in Paramontastrea by Huang, Benzoni, Fukami et al. (2014). Possibly warrants a separate genus.
Taxonomic References: Faure and Pichon (1978) as Favites peresi; Scheer and Pillai (1983) as Favites peresi; Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Sheppard and Sheppard (1991) as Favites peresi; Coles (1996) as Favites peresi; Pillay, Terashima, Venkatasami et al. (2002); Pichon, Benzoni, Chaineau et al. (2010) as Favites peresi;
