Characters: Colonies are small, massive and rounded. Corallites are deeply excavated, with angular walls. Septa are straight, widely spaced and are usually in two alternating orders. Paliform lobes are weakly developed. Septa have very prominent teeth, which have ragged margins. Columellae are small and compact.
Colour: Walls are off-white, centres are dark.
Similar Species: Favites acuticollis. See also F. flexuosa, which has much larger corallites and usually less spiny septa. Can be confused with Acanthastrea species, especially A. subechinata, underwater.
Habitat: A wide range of reef environments.
Abundance: Uncommon.
Taxonomic References: Veron (2000a);
