Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Synonyms: Barbadiastrea Wells 1945, Phymastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Parent taxon: Faviidae according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
Sister taxa: Agathiphylliinae, Amphimeandra, Anisocoenia, Antiguastrea, Antillophyllia, Aquitanastraea, Australogyra, Barabattoia, Caulastrea, Cladocora, Colpophyllia, Columellogyra, Cyphastrea, Dactylosmilia, Defrancia, Dictuophyllia, Dictyoastraea, Diploastrea, Diploria, Echinopora, Edwardsastraea, Eohydnophora, Erythrastrea, Eugyra, Faviinae, Favites, Felixigyra, Goniastrea, Grandifavia, Hadrophyllia, Haldonia, Hydnophora, Kobyphyllia, Ksiazkiewiczia, Leptastrea, Leptoria, Liptodendron, Manicina, Montastrea, Montastreinae, Monticulastraea, Moseleya, Myriophyllia, Oulastrea, Oulophyllia, Parasimplastrea, Phacellocoenia, Platygyra, Plavecia, Plesiastrea, Pseudisastraea, Pseudomyriophyllia, Sakalavastraea, Solenastrea, Stephanaxocoenia, Tarbellastraea
Subtaxa: 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 vokesae, Favia weisbordi
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore