Characters: Colonies are clumps of highly contorted branches which usually have flattened tips. Coenosteum papillae are fused into ridges near branch tips.
Colour: Cream or brown, with white or blue (which may photograph pink) branch tips.
Similar species: Similar to Montipora stellata which is distinguished underwater by having larger branches, coarser corallites and the presence of basal laminae.
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