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| Global distribution. |
| Skeleton Upper surface of disc. |
| Polyps are usually flat. Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photograph: Jim Maragos |
| Showing smooth septal margins. Papua New Guinea Photograph: Neville Coleman |
| A small polyp. Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photograph: Charlie Veron |
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Characters: Polyps are circular, up to 160 millimetres diameter and generally flat. Septa are densely packed. Septal teeth and costal spines are small, giving septa a smooth appearance. Tentacular lobes are not formed or are minute. The undersurface is usually without pits. Colour: Usually brown, sometimes with a contrasting perimeter. Similar species: Fungia repanda, which has coarser septal teeth, pits between the costae and is usually more arched. See also F. spinifer and F. scabra. Habitat: Reef slopes and lagoons. Abundance: Common.
Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic references: Veron and Pichon (1980), Hoeksema (1989). Identification guides: Veron (1986), Sheppard and Sheppard (1991), Nishihira and Veron (1995).
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