Husbandry
Lamarck, 1816
Description: Colonies are submassive or laminar. Corallites are small; some exsert, some immersed. Corallites are separated by papillae or tuberculae of about one corallite diameter.
Color: Usually dull brown or green, but may be bright blue (which may photograph pink or purple). Tips of papillae are often distinctively coloured.
Habitat: Most reef environments.
Abundance: Common.
Similar Species: Montipora monasteriata, which has coenosteum tuberculae.