Characters: Colonies are encrusting or massive, sometimes hillocky. Columellae are compacted pinnules set well below the septo-costae. Septo-costae are not heavily granulated.
Colour: Usually bright greenish-yellow, also greys and browns.
Similar Species: Coscinaraea exesa, which has a columnar growth-form, and corallites which are shallower, larger, and have granulated septo-costae.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Sometimes common.
Taxonomic References: Veron and Pichon (1980); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Randall and Myers (1983); Veron (1986a); Sheppard and Sheppard (1991); Nishihira and Veron (1995); Carpenter, Harrison, Hodgson et al. (1997); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
