Characters: Colonies are dome-shaped or flat. Corallites are thick walled and circular, tending to be cerioid and 19-22 millimetres diameter. Polyps are fleshy and circular in outline.
Colour: Pale grey, yellowish or brown. Corallite rims are usually distinctively coloured.
Similar species: Favia maxima and F. veroni, which have corallites of similar size, but these are generally more exsert.
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