Characters: Colonies are massive or form thick plates. Valleys are short. Walls are thick and rounded, with evenly exsert irregularly dentate septa. Columellae may be well developed.
Colour: Brown, usually with greenish valleys.
Similar Species: Platygyra pini, which has shorter, more uniform valleys and less development of columellae. P. lamellina has similar skeletal structures but is meandroid; P. verweyi has smaller corallites.
Habitat: Most reef environments.
Abundance: Common.
Taxonomic References: Scheer and Pillai (1983); Veron (2000a); Huang, Benzoni, Fukami et al. (2014);
Identification Guides: Sheppard and Sheppard (1991); Pillay, Terashima, Venkatasami et al. (2002);
