Characters: Colonies are massive or are unifacial or bifacial thick plates which may be tiered in large colonies. Corallites are mostly immersed. The coenosteum is covered with papillae and/or tuberculae.
Colour: Pale brown or blue (which may photograph pink), with blue or white margins.
Similar species: Montipora incrassata and M. tuberculosa. The latter has smaller corallites and smaller papillae.
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