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Favites valenciennesii

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Phymastrea valenciennesii was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848).

It was recombined as Favia valenciennesii by Matthai (1924); it was recombined as Montastrea valenciennesii by Kiessling et al. (2011); it was recombined as Favites valenciennesii by Kiessling (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Phymastrea valenciennesii Milne-Edwards and Haime
1924Favia valenciennesii Matthai
2011Montastrea valenciennesii Kiessling et al.
2014Favites valenciennesii Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusFavitesLink 1807
speciesvalenciennesii(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)

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.

Favites valenciennesii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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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 Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan Favia valenciennesii (34877)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Philippines (Mindanao) Phymastrea valenciennesii (45347)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Japan Montastrea valenciennesii (87998 88000)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Favia valenciennesii (63135)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Montastrea valenciennesii (62794)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Montastrea valenciennesii (88596)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Montastrea valenciennesii (103251 103255 103256 103265 103268 103269)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Montastrea valenciennesii (96956)