Characters: Colonies are usually encrusting or dome-shaped. Calices are monocentric, up to 7 millimetres diameter, or form short valleys. Septa are even and finely serrated, giving colonies a smooth surface.
Colour: Usually uniformly grey, sometimes tan, brown, or mottled colours.
Similar Species: Distinctive and unlike other Coscinaraea.
Habitat: Most reef environments.
Abundance: Common in the western Indian Ocean, uncommon in the central Indo-Pacific.
Taxonomic References: Scheer and Pillai (1983); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Sheppard and Sheppard (1991); Nishihira and Veron (1995); Coles (1996); Pillay, Terashima, Venkatasami et al. (2002); Pichon, Benzoni, Chaineau et al. (2010); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
