Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Alternative combinations: Astrea halicora, Goniastrea halicora

Belongs to Favites according to T. Inskipp et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Favites abdita, Favites acuticollis, Favites ambigua, Favites autignacensis, Favites borneensis, Favites chinensis, Favites complanata, Favites crassiseptata, Favites densisepta, Favites detecta, Favites flexuosa, Favites inaequiseptata, Favites macrocalyx, Favites magnificata, Favites mexicana, Favites micropentagona, Favites mimbastensis, Favites neglecta, Favites neugeboreni, Favites neuvillei, Favites oligocenica, Favites pauciseptata, Favites pentagona, Favites polygonalis, Favites rhomboidea, Favites spinosa, Favites stylifera, Favites taruensis, Favites yborensis, Prionastraea verbeeki, Prionastraea tesserifera, Ellasmoastraea carryensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore