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Favites chinensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Prionastraea chinensis was named by Verrill (1866). It is extant.

It was recombined as Favites chinensis by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. fungiformis, F. gajensis, F. tenuiseptata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Prionastraea chinensis Verrill
2005Favites chinensis 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
genusFavitesLink 1807
specieschinensis(Verrill 1866)

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 chinensis Verrill 1866
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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 Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97USA Minor Outlying Islands Favites chinensis (22976)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (South Sulawesi) Favites chinensis (124783)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malaysia Favites chinensis (216166)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Favites chinensis (42736)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia Favites chinensis (104657)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Favites chinensis (101414)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Favites chinensis (88054)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt (Red Sea) Favites chinensis (234196 234197)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Pakistan Favites chinensis (192912)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Favites chinensis (80721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Favites chinensis (103251 103254 103263 103265 103267)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara Timur) Favites chinensis (89162)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Favites chinensis (96956 165206 165207 165209)