Characters: Colonies are submassive, usually lobed, and may be large. Corallites are deep, with short septa.
Colour: Polyps are a mass of grey or brown tentacles when extended, the surrounding tissue is brown.
Similar Species: Bernardpora stutchburyi, which has a similar growth-form and colouration but polyps are much smaller. See also Goniopora planulata, which forms upright columns.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Uncommon but distinctive.
Taxonomic References: Nemenzo (1955); Veron and Hodgson (1989); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Nishihira and Veron (1995); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
