Characters: Colonies are massive, either rounded or hillocky and sometimes over one metre across. Corallites are rounded, with thick walls. Septa are straight, with exsert teeth.
Colour: Dark in turbid environments, otherwise pale brown with brown or green oral discs.
Similar Species: Favites halicora and F. flexuosa.
Habitat: Most reef environments.
Abundance: Common.
Taxonomic Note: A species complex.
Taxonomic References: Wijsman-Best (1972); Veron, Pichon and Wijsman-Best (1977);
Identification Guides: Veron (1986a); Sheppard and Sheppard (1991); Nishihira and Veron (1995); Chan, Choi, McCorry et al. (2005); Pichon, Benzoni, Chaineau et al. (2010); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
