Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Alternative combination: Madrepora fragum
Belongs to Favia according to Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
Sister taxa: Favia africana, Favia aquitaniensis, Favia beaumaderiensis, Favia clarki, Favia corollaris, Favia costata, Favia dalmatina, Favia danae, Favia denticulata, Favia dominicensis, Favia ehrenbergi, Favia exilis, Favia falloti, Favia faviodes, Favia favioides, Favia friedbergi, Favia gotschevi, Favia gravida, Favia gregoryi, Favia haipensis, Favia hannai, Favia hemispherica, Favia jezoensis, Favia junghuhni, Favia kabyliensis, Favia leptophylla, Favia lobata, Favia maastrichtensis, Favia macdonaldi, Favia macrocalyx, Favia macrotheca, Favia madhuwalensis, Favia magnifica, Favia maoadentrensis, Favia mathai, Favia melitae, Favia meneguzzoi, Favia merriami, Favia oishii, Favia okeni, Favia planissima, Favia praeamplior, Favia profunda, Favia ritterneri, Favia somaliensis, Favia subdenticulata, Favia texana, Favia turbinata, Favia vokesae, Favia weisbordi
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (2 collections), Barbados (10), Cape Verde (5), Cayman Islands (29), the Dominican Republic (1), Jamaica (1), Mexico (1), the Netherlands Antilles (6), Panama (9), United States (6: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (7)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
Total: 78 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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