Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Full reference: A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 19: The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) part II: The genera Caulastraea, Favia, Diploria, Thysanus, Hadrophyllia, Manicina and Colpophyllia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 356:1-83

Belongs to Favia according to A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson 1999

Sister taxa: Favia africana, Favia aquitaniensis, Favia beaumaderiensis, Favia clarki, Favia corollaris, Favia costata, Favia dalmatina, Favia danae, Favia denticulata, Favia dominicensis, Favia ehrenbergi, Favia exilis, Favia falloti, Favia favioides, Favia favus, Favia fragum, Favia friedbergi, Favia gotschevi, Favia gregoryi, Favia haipensis, Favia helianthoides, Favia hemispherica, Favia jezoensis, Favia junghuhni, Favia kabyliensis, Favia lacuna, Favia laxa, Favia lizardensis, Favia lobata, Favia lorioli, Favia macdonaldi, Favia macrocalyx, Favia macrotheca, Favia magnifica, Favia maoadentrensis, Favia matthaii, Favia maxima, Favia melitae, Favia meneguzzoi, Favia oishii, Favia okeni, Favia pallida, Favia praeamplior, Favia profunda, Favia ritterneri, Favia rotumana, Favia rotundata, Favia somaliensis, Favia speciosa, Favia stelligera, Favia subdenticulata, Favia taurica, Favia texana, Favia turbinata, Favia veroni, Favia weisbordi

Type specimen: Its type locality is NMB Loc16855 - Río Cano [Cercado Fm], which is in a Messinian perireef or subreef limestone/sandstone in the Cercado Formation of the Dominican Republic.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore