Characters: Colonies are clumps of irregularly fused branches. Corallites are small, irregularly spaced and immersed in the coenosteum, which is coarse. Coenosteum papillae are large and very elaborate, giving the colonies a spiny appearance.

Colour: Creamy-brown.

Similar Species: Skeletal detail is close to that of Montipora crassituberculata. See also M. pachytuberculata, M. aspergillus and M. kellyi.

Habitat: Shallow semi-sheltered reef slopes.

Abundance: Uncommon.