Characters: Colonies are primarily encrusting. Corallites are thick walled, conical and average 2.5 millimetres diameter.
Colour: Usually brown or green but may be a wide range of other colours. The coenosteum between corallites is usually darker than the corallite walls.
Similar Species: Small colonies are similar to those of Turbinaria radicalis. See also T. irregularis.
Habitat: May form conspicuous dome-shaped colonies on upper reef slopes. Unlike other Turbinaria this species is seldom found in turbid waters.
Abundance: Usually uncommon.
Taxonomic Note: May be difficult to separate from other encrusting Turbinaria in collections.
Taxonomic References: Veron and Pichon (1980); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Veron (1986a); Nishihira and Veron (1995); Pillay, Terashima, Venkatasami et al. (2002); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
