Characters: Colonies are submassive or form extensive, thick unifacial plates. Corallites are small and exsert, with elongate thecal papillae. The colony surface has a rough appearance.
Colour: Mostly brown with brightly coloured polyps.
Similar species: Montipora patula has exsert corallites of similar size but papillae are less exsert. Montipora stilosa has more prominent coenosteum papillae.
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