Husbandry
Special thanks for the photo to George "Keoki" Stender from Hawaii.
Characters: Colonies are compact or prostrate clumps of short, thin, highly fused, branches. Corallites are up to 5 millimetres diameter and have neat round exsert walls. Long and short septa only slightly alternate. Costae form fine striae over the coenosteum surface.
Colour: Tan with dark calices. Azooxanthellate colonies are white.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Rare.
Similar species: Oculina varicosa
Synonym: Madrepora virginea Lamarck, 1816