Characters: Colonies are massive, hemispherical, with a knobbly surface and may be several metres across.
Colour: Pale brown.
Similar Species: Porites stephensoni, which has similar but smaller corallites. Calice characters are closest to P. lutea.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Rare, except at Cocos (Keeling) Atoll.
Taxonomic References: Vaughan (1918); Veron (2000a);