Characters: Colonies are thickets of spire-like branches. Branches are twisted and tapered and form sub-branches at obtuse angles. Corallite centres occur primarily where branches divide. All corallite structures are fine.
Colour: Pale brown.
Similar Species: Pectinia teres and P. elongata, both of which have similar growth-forms where colonies consist primarily of spires, but both have much larger skeletal structures. From a distance may be mistaken for finely branched Seriatopora (Pocilloporidae).
Habitat: Lower reef slopes, especially in turbid water.
Abundance: Locally common.
Taxonomic References: Veron (2000a); Veron (2002a); Huang, Benzoni, Fukami et al. (2014);
