Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Belongs to Prionastraea according to Dollfus 1908

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 halicora, 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 tesserifera, Ellasmoastraea carryensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore