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Bernard, 1896
Characters: Colonies consist of encrusting plates, with free irregular margins. Corallites are exsert and irregular. The coenosteum between corallites is smooth and uniform between adjacent corallites. Colour: Uniform or mottled dark brown. Similar species: Turbinaria stellulata, which is primarily encrusting and has larger, less exsert corallites separated by coenosteum which is usually a darker colour. Colonies consist of encrusting plates, with free irregular margins. Corallites are exsert and irregular. The coenosteum between corallites is smooth and uniform between adjacent corallites. Colour: Uniform or mottled dark brown. Similar species: Turbinaria stellulata, which is primarily encrusting and has larger, less exsert corallites separated by coenosteum which is usually a darker colour.