Characters: Colonies are extensive upright to prostrate laminae and may also be encrusting. The colony surface is covered by elongate tuberculae which hide the corallites from view. The tuberculae are upwardly inclined on upright laminae. The coenosteum is coarse.
Colour: Grey with pale tips to tuberculae.
Similar Species: Montipora circumvallata, which has finer branches. See also M. undata.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Common.
Taxonomic References: Veron (2000a); Veron (2002a);
