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Favia gregoryi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Taxonomy
Favia gregoryi was named by Wells (1935). Its type locality is Spring Mount [Yellow Limestone Gp], which is in a Lutetian shallow subtidal limestone in Jamaica.

It was recombined as Ovalastrea gregoryi by Baron-szabo (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Favia gregoryi Wells
2002Ovalastrea gregoryi Baron-szabo
2006Favia gregoryi Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyFaviidaeGregory 1900
genusFaviaOken 1815
speciesgregoryi

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.

Favia gregoryi Wells 1935
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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
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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Lutetian or 72.10000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico Favia gregoryi (74810)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica Ovalastrea gregoryi (27647 27650)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Jamaica Favia gregoryi (type locality: 77033)