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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).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. centralis, F. maliriensis, F. pedunculata, F. truncatus, F. valceppii, F. verbeeki

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)

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Favia fragum Esper 1795
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available