Characters: Colonies are encrusting or submassive. Most are monocentric or nearly so, especially towards the colony centre. Septa are exsert and have irregular teeth giving colonies a ragged appearance. Columellae form indistinct centres. Paliform lobes are weakly developed.
Colour: Brown or cream, sometimes with green or cream valley floors.
Similar Species: Easily confused with Platygyra sinensis and P. verweyi unless seen where these species occur together. See also Favites stylifera, which has smaller corallites.
Habitat: Reef environments.
Abundance: Rare.
Taxonomic References: Shirai (1980); Veron (2000a); Huang, Benzoni, Fukami et al. (2014);
Identification Guides: Chan, Choi, McCorry et al. (2005); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);