Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Alternative combination: Dendrogyra italica

Belongs to Leptoria according to Dainelli 1915

Sister taxa: Leptoria angigyra, Leptoria bithecata, Leptoria cantharelloides, Leptoria concentrica, Leptoria cristata, Leptoria laxa, Leptoria netchensis, Leptoria pauca, Leptoria paucisepta, Leptoria pennata, Leptoria phrygia, Leptoria reticulata, Leptoria selenkae, Leptoria spenceri

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore