Characters: Colonies are flat, oval or irregular in shape. Corallites are evenly spaced. Peripheral septa and costae are aligned at right angles to the colony margins while those in the central area are parallel to its long axis. There is no axial furrow. Septa are thin.
Colour: Brown or greenish-brown.
Similar Species: Sandalolitha dentata, which has corallites mostly in the central area and lacks the parallel alignment of central septa. Septa are finer than other Sandalolitha.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Uncommon.
Taxonomic Note: Considered a synonym of Herpolitha limax by Hoeksema (2015: WoRMS, Herpolitha limax), when co-occurring these species show consistent morphological differences.
Taxonomic References: Veron (2000a); Veron (2002a);
