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Goniastrea favulus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Astrea favulus was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Goniastrea favulus by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Astrea favulus Dana
2005Goniastrea favulus Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusGoniastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesfavulus(Dana 1846)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) Goniastrea favulus (124824)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Goniastrea favulus (42736)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia (South Sulawesi) Goniastrea favulus (124790)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Goniastrea favulus (87981)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia (Jazan) Goniastrea favulus (234198)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Goniastrea favulus (88596)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Goniastrea favulus (88574 88575 102972 102974 102975 103045 103061 103067 103068 103069 103070 103078)