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Dipsastraea favus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora favus was named by Forskal (1775). It is extant.

It was recombined as Goniastrea favus by Montanaro (1932); it was recombined as Favia favus by Inskipp et al. (2005); it was recombined as Dipsastraea favus by Huang et al. (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Madrepora cavernosa Forskal
1775Madrepora favus Forskal
1850Parastrea affinis Milne-Edwards and Haime
1850Parastrea savignyi Milne-Edwards and Haime
1879Favia cavernosa Klunzinger
1904Favia affinis Gardiner
1904Orbicella borradailei Gardiner
1932Favia savignyi Montanaro
1932Goniastrea favus Montanaro
2005Favia favus Inskipp et al.
2014Dipsastraea favus Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusDipsastraeade Blainville 1830
speciesfavus(Forskal 1775)

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.

Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775
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Invalid names: Favia affinis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 [synonym], Favia cavernosa Forskal 1775 [synonym], Favia savignyi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 [synonym], Orbicella borradailei Gardiner 1904 [synonym]
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 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Favia favus (163836)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) Orbicella borradailei (62861)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Goniastrea favus (71079) Orbicella borradailei (109674)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India Favia favus (146990)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Favia favus (42736)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (Kalimantan Timur) Favia favus (46490)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Favia favus (80954)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) Favia cavernosa (109651)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia (Jazan) Dipsastraea favus (234198)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia Favia favus (104657)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Kalimantan) Favia favus (108807)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Favia favus (88041 88043)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles Favia favus (107991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Favia cavernosa (93827)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India Favia favus (76318 165868)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Favia favus (88596)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Favia favus (80803)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Goniastrea favus, Favia savignyi (102228)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Pakistan Favia favus (192909 192911 192912)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Favia favus (80955 80956 80958 80962 80963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Favia affinis (90042)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Favia favus (96956)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Favia favus (97528)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Favia favus (97445)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tuvalu Favia favus (97449)