Montipora corbettensis
Veron and Wallace, 1984
Description: Colonies are massive or are thick unifacial or bifacial plates, usually with irregularly shaped upgrowths near their centre. Corallites are immersed. Coenosteum papillae are of mixed sizes or two distinct sizes, the larger being the diameter of the corallites.
Color: Yellowish or brown.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Uncommon.
Similar Species: Montipora informis, which has papillae of one size.
Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic reference: Veron and Wallace (1984). Identification guide: Veron (1986).
Plates are flat with central upgrowths. Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photograph: Charlie Veron
Corallite detail, showing coenosteum papillae of mixed sizes. Vanuatu Photograph: Charlie Veron
Surface view of a plate. Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photograph: Charlie Veron
Skeletal detail. Corallites