Characters: Polyps are oval, thick, heavy and up to 170 millimetres long. Primary septa commence with a tall tentacular lobe and these are distributed at regular intervals from the mouth to the perimeter.
Colour: Usually brown, blue or yellow, often with bright green, blue or white tentacular lobes.
Similar Species: Fungia seychellensis.
Habitat: Found with other Fungia species and also on upper reef slopes exposed to strong wave action.
Abundance: Common and distinctive.
Taxonomic Note: Called Lobactis scutaria by Gittenberger, Reijnen and Hoeksema (2011) from molecular data. However, this requires further study.
Taxonomic References: Veron and Pichon (1980); Hoeksema (1989a); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Randall and Myers (1983); Veron (1986a); Sheppard and Sheppard (1991); Nishihira and Veron (1995); Pillay, Terashima, Venkatasami et al. (2002); Fenner (2005); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
