Characters: Colonies are flat laminae or plates, or fused nodules and columns. Corallites are commonly aligned in irregular rows separated by slight ridges. Septal structures are variable and irregular.
Colour: Usually bright yellowish-green, sometimes brown.
Similar Species: Porites annae and P. heronensis. Calice characters are closest to P. annae and P. vaughani.
Habitat: Frequently a dominant species of lagoons and reef slopes.
Abundance: Common and usually conspicuous.
Taxonomic Note: A species complex.
Taxonomic References: Wells (1954); Veron and Pichon (1982); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Veron (1986a); Nishihira and Veron (1995); Fenner (2005); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
