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Faviidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Faviidae Gregory
1956Faviidae Wells p. 30
1997Faviidae Turnsek
1999Faviidae Squires p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyFaviidaeGregory 1900
familyFaviidaeGregory 1900

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Faviidae Gregory 1900
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Subfm. †Agathiphylliinae Vaughan and Wells 1943
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G. †Ceratophyllia Fritsch 1878
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Ceratophyllia gigantea Gerth 1923
G. †Cricocyathus Quenstedt 1881
G. †Dactylosmilia d'Orbigny 1849
G. †Defrancia Alloiteau 1957
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Defrancia irregularis Defrance 1826
Defrancia tamarisensis Chevalier 1961
G. †Dictyoastraea Michelotti 1871
G. Favia Oken 1815
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Favia africana Latham 1929
Favia aquitaniensis Chevalier 1961
Favia beaumaderiensis Chevalier 1961
Favia clarki Clark and Durham 1946
Favia corollaris Reuss 1871
Favia costata d'Achiardi 1875
Favia dalmatina Oppenheim 1901
Favia danae Verrill 1872
Favia denticulata Ellis and Solander 1786
Favia dominicensis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925
Favia ehrenbergi Klunzinger 1879
Favia exilis d'Achiardi 1875
Favia falloti Chevalier 1961
Favia faviodes Wells 1945
Favia favioides Wells 1945
Favia fragum Esper 1795
Favia friedbergi Dembinska-Rozkowska 1932
Favia gotschevi Kojumdgieva 1960
Favia gravida Verrill 1868
Favia gregoryi Wells 1935
Favia haipensis Eguchi 1951
Favia hannai Durham 1942
Favia hemispherica de Fromentel 1857
Favia jezoensis Eguchi 1944
Favia junghuhni Reuss 1867
Favia kabyliensis Chevalier 1961
Favia leptophylla Verrill 1868
Favia lobata Eliasova 1974
Favia maastrichtensis Umbgrove 1925
Favia macdonaldi Vaughan 1919
Favia macrocalyx Felix 1913
Favia macrotheca Eliasova 1974
Favia madhuwalensis Chattopadhyay 2004
Favia magnifica Reuss 1871
Favia maoadentrensis Budd and Johnson 1999
Favia mathai Vaughan 1918
Favia melitae Chevalier 1961
Favia meneguzzoi d'Achiardi 1875
Favia merriami Vaughan 1900
Favia oishii Eguchi 1951
Favia okeni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
Favia planissima Umbgrove 1925
Favia praeamplior Gregory 1925
Favia profunda Reuss 1872
Favia ritterneri Koby 1884
Favia somaliensis Gregory 1900
Favia subdenticulata Catullo 1856
Favia texana Cragin 1893
Favia turbinata Fromentel 1857
Favia vokesae Budd and Johnson 1999
Favia weisbordi Wells 1934
Invalid names: Barbadiastrea Wells 1945 [synonym], Phymastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym]
G. †Hadrophyllia Budd and Johnson 1999
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Hadrophyllia saundersi Budd and Johnson 1999
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Invalid names: Thysanus crassicostatus Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 [synonym]
G. †Ksiazkiewiczia Morycowa 1976
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Ksiazkiewiczia poblana Reyeros-Navarro 1963
Subfm. †Montastreinae Vaughan and Wells 1943
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G. †Provinciastraea Chevalier 1954
G. †Stylocora Reuss 1871
G. †Sakalavastraea Alloiteau 1958
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Sakalavastraea clementi Beauvais 1972
Sakalavastraea collignoni Alloiteau 1958
G. Solenastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Solenastraea turonensis Michelin 1847
Solenastrea anomala Felix 1904
Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Solenastrea densa Duncan 1880
Solenastrea desmoulinsi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Solenastrea fairbanksi Vaughan 1900
Solenastrea pleiades Ellis and Sollandes 1786
Solenastrea romettensis Seguenza 1864
Solenastrea schafferi Kühn 1926
Solenastrea tizeroutinensis Chevalier 1961
Solenastrea uananensis Zuffardi-Comerci 1937
Invalid names: Dachiardia Duncan 1880 [synonym]
G. †Thysanus Duncan 1863
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Thysanus corbicula Duncan 1863
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Invalid names: Thysanus floridanus Weisbord 1974 [synonym]
Thysanus excentricus Duncan 1863
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Invalid names: Thysanus hayesi Vaughan 1919 [synonym]
Thysanus navicula Duncan 1864
Thysanus tenuicostatum Kuzmicheva 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Comments: ECOSPACE CODE: 331.f
Created: 2009-10-10 08:25:59
Modified: 2009-12-16 11:54:53
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Holocene or 182.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 174.1 Ma

Collections (663 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Canada (British Columbia) Sakalavastraea sp. (78990)
Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian174.1 - 168.4Iran (Tabas Area) Favia ritterneri (41398)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Middle Bathonian171.6 - 164.7Iran (Tabas Area) Favia sp. (41404)
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.3 - 161.2Iran (Tabas Area) Favia sp. (41411)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Sakalavastraea collignoni (38159)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian167.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Toliara) Sakalavastraea collignoni (86479)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tunisia Sakalavastraea collignoni (36661 36664)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Greece Sakalavastraea clementi (86170)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Azerbaijan Favia striatula (78442)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Azerbaijan Favia michelini (78471) Favia thurmanni (78465 78467)
Tithonian - Berriasian152.1 - 139.8Japan (Kochi) Favia sp. (91380)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Ukraine Ellipsocoenia turbinata (77074)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Georgia Ellipsocoenia hemispherica (67510)
Hauterivian - Early/Lower Aptian132.9 - 122.46China (Xizang) Ellipsocoenia turbinata (74252 126876)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Turkmenistan Ellipsocoenia hemispherica (78700 91685)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Poland Ellipsocoenia hemispherica (64118 67124) Ellipsocoenia turbinata (67123) Ksiazkiewiczia sp., Ksiazkiewiczia lanckoronensis, Ellipsocoenia turbinata, Ellipsocoenia hemispherica (67122)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland Favia turbinata (76998)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mexico Procyathophora poblana (69900)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Xizang) Ellipsocoenia turbinata (74258)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Spain Ksiazkiewiczia sp. (82689)