Features: colonies are arborescent, with branches that tend to be blunt and thick submassive. Corals are immersed in the tissue, cone-shaped or hidden. They have a Columella solid, six primary septa can be short or fused with the columella, and sometimes six and seven short side. The coenosteum is covered by fine spinulosa.
Color: uniform cream, pink, blue or green.
Similar species: S. danae . (See also S. subseriata ).
Habitat: especially in shallow water exposed to strong wave action.
Wild: common, can be the dominant species in the most exposed parts of the reef.
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