Characters: Colonies are smooth massive boulders up to 1.5 metres across. Corallites are uniform, 3-5 millimetres diameter with well defined walls. Septa are in two distinct orders of 6-8 and are exsert. Paliform lobes are inconspicuous. Columellae are small.
Colour: Red to orange, usually with green centres.
Similar species: Plesiastrea versipora, which has more septa and conspicuous paliform lobes.