Characters: Colonies are submassive to encrusting. Corallites are thick walled and rounded, becoming subplocoid. Septa are few in number, uniform in height and are usually in two (alternating) orders. Paliform lobes and columellae are well developed.
Colour: Browns and greens, usually with contrasting walls and centres.
Similar Species: Favites pentagona, which has angular corallites and irregular septa and F. chinensis, which has no paliform lobes. See also Phymastrea colemani.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Rare.
Taxonomic Note: Huang, Benzoni, Fukami et al. (2014) use the name Favites melicerum for this species, see Wijsman-Best (1972) and resolution of the issue by Veron, Pichon and Wijsman-Best (1977).
Taxonomic References: Wijsman-Best (1972) as Favites melicerum; Veron (2000a); Veron (2002a);
Identification Guides: Pillay, Terashima, Venkatasami et al. (2002);
