Characters: Colonies are usually irregularly folded, unifacial, upright fronds with long tubular corallites strongly inclined towards the colony margins. Corallites have elliptical openings, and average 5 millimetres diameter.
Colour: Pale brown, green or grey.
Similar Species: Turbinaria peltata, which has larger, less tubular corallites. See also T. frondens, which has smaller corallites and T. heronensis which has very elongate corallites.
Habitat: Inshore reefs and shallow rocky foreshores of subtropical locations.
Abundance: Uncommon except in subtropical localities.
Taxonomic References: Veron and Pichon (1980); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Veron (1986a); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
