Characters: Colonies are composed of unifacial laminae sometimes forming tiers which are mostly horizontal. Corallites are widely spaced, thick walled, immersed to conical in shape and average 2.5 millimetres diameter.
Colour: Usually yellow-green with distinctly coloured margins.
Similar species: Turbinaria mesenterina.
Habitat: May form large stands on fringing reefs where the water is turbid.
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