Features: piattarfome colonies are semicircular, usually less than one meter in diameter. The dishes are made up of horizontal branches spaced evenly and small branches inclined, composed of one or more protruding axial corallites. The radial corallites are small and not at all prominent.
Color: usually uniform cream, gray or blue, but other colors are possible.
Similar species: A. caroliniana, which has larger corallites, axial loads are usually thinner and axial corallites projecting.
Habitat: various areas of the reef, in particular those most protected from the action of the waves.
Wild: common.
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