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Favia merriami

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Taxonomy
Favia merriami was named by Vaughan (1900). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Dichocoenia merriami by Vaughan (1917).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Favia merriami Vaughan
1917Dichocoenia merriami Vaughan
2005Favia merriami López-Pérez p. 83

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

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 merriami Vaughan 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available