Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Alternative combination: Hydnophora bronni

Synonyms: Hydnophora venusta Catullo 1856, Monticularia venusta Catullo 1856, Reussastraea grandis Duncan 1880

Belongs to Pavona according to R. Baron-Szabo 2008

Sister taxa: Pavona banoensis, Pavona bipartita, Pavona burdigalensis, Pavona cactus, Pavona clavus, Pavona danai, Pavona decussata, Pavona duerdeni, Pavona explanulata, Pavona frondifera, Pavona gigantea, Pavona irregularis, Pavona javana, Pavona longicollis, Pavona machapooriensis, Pavona maldivensis, Pavona matheroni, Pavona microstoma, Pavona minuta, Pavona modeloensis, Pavona panamensis, Pavona pennyi, Pavona profunda, Pavona ruvida, Pavona trinitatis, Pavona varians, Pavona venosa, Hydnophorabacia variabilis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic