Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Alternative combination: Madrepora abdita

Synonyms: Astrea virens Dana 1846, Favia crassior Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850, Favites virens Dana 1846, Prionastraea crassior Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850, Prionastraea gibbosa Klunzinger 1879, Prionastraea quoyi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850, Prionastraea sulfurea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850

Belongs to Favites according to Vaughan 1918

Sister taxa: 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 verbeeki, Prionastraea tesserifera, Ellasmoastraea carryensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore