Characters: Colonies are massive and usually hemispherical. Corallites are exsert. Septa are uniform, fine and numerous. Paliform lobes are poorly developed or absent.
Colour: Dark brown or greenish, sometimes with pale oral discs.
Similar species: Favia maxima. See also F. favus and F. danae, both of which have smaller corallites with less numerous and less regular septa.
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