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Favia fragum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora fragum was named by Esper (1795). It is extant.

It was recombined as Favia fragum by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1795Madrepora fragum Esper
1857Favia fragum Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyFaviidaeGregory 1900
genusFaviaOken 1815
speciesfragum(Esper 1795)

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 fragum Esper 1795
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (86 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Sint Maarten Favia fragum (240915)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Favia fragum (124777)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Favia fragum (71374 71383 71390 71397 71398 71409 71410)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Favia fragum (80304 120217 120218 120273 120274 120275 120276 120282 120286)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Cape Verde Favia fragum (241368 241369 241370 241371 241372 241375 241376)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados Favia fragum (102446 102451 102454)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Cape Verde Favia fragum (92705 92706 92707 92708)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Cape Verde Favia fragum (89617)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) Favia fragum (82821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (San Salvador) Favia fragum (148705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Curaçao Favia fragum (80904 102673 102686 102694 102704 102708)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) Favia fragum (82858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Favia fragum (85457 102946 102947 102948 102950 102952)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Barbados Favia fragum (102429 102434 102435)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Favia fragum (103504 103510 103515 103516 103517 103518 103519 103520 103522 103523 103524 103525 103526 103527 103528 103530 103532 103533 103534 103535 103724 103725 103726 103727 103728 103729 103730 103732 103733)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Favia fragum (34520)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Favia fragum (102645)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Barbados Favia fragum (102410 102414 102418 102420)