Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Synonyms: Hydnophora plana Duncan 1864, Hydnophora regularis Kühn 1933, Monticulastraea regularis Kühn 1933

Belongs to Hydnophora according to Duncan 1864

Sister taxa: Hydnophora affinis, Hydnophora astraeoides, Hydnophora cristatoseriata, Hydnophora exesa, Hydnophora ferryi, Hydnophora grandis, Hydnophora infundibulum, Hydnophora insignis, Hydnophora microconos, Hydnophora oppenheimi, Hydnophora pilosa, Hydnophora provincialis, Hydnophora pulchra, Hydnophora solidior, Hydnophora styriaca, Hydnophora tenella, Hydnophora variabilis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore