Characters: Colonies are submassive to encrusting and often up to one metre across. Corallites are crowded, up to 20 millimetres diameter, and have low walls. Extratentacular budding is common. Septo-costae are uniform, not exsert. Septa have fine teeth. Paliform lobes are inconspicuous.
Colour: Distinctive pinkish-brown with darker corallite inner walls and pale oral discs.
Similar species: The colouration is distinctive underwater. Favia favus and F. danae have corallites of similar size. The former have coarser septo-costae, the latter have more exsert corallites.
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