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Orbicella faveolata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora faveolata was named by Ellis and Solander (1786). It is extant.

It was recombined as Montastrea faveolata by Pandolfi (2001); it was recombined as Orbicella faveolata by Huang et al. (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. brancae, O. craterophora, O. cyclommantos, O. herklotsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Madrepora faveolata Ellis and Solander
2001Montastrea faveolata Pandolfi
2014Orbicella faveolata 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
genusOrbicellaDana 1846
speciesfaveolata(Ellis and Solander 1786)

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.

Orbicella faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786
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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 Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (111 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Montastrea faveolata (120360 120390 120392)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica Montastrea faveolata (34543)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles Montastrea faveolata (41041 41043 41044 41045 41047 41048 41051)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Netherlands Antilles Montastrea faveolata (41054 41055 41057)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bahamas Montastrea faveolata (73668)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Montastrea faveolata (120197 120198 120199 120201 120202 120354)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados Montastrea faveolata (102446 102452 102453 102456 102459 102469)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) Montastrea faveolata (102663 102664 102665 102666 102667 102668 102669 102670 102671 102672 102676 102677 102678 102690 102695 102696 102698 102703 102706 102707)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Montastrea faveolata (34518 34519 34520)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Montastrea faveolata (102631 102632 102633 102635 102636 102641 102642 102644 102646 102647 102648 102650 102651 102652 102653 102654)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia Montastrea faveolata (102766 102767 102768 102769 102771 102772 102774 102775 102776 102777 102779 102780 102785 102787 102788 102789 102790 102791 102792)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Barbados Montastrea faveolata (102409 102410 102411 102412 102413 102414 102419 102420)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Barbados Montastrea faveolata (102421 102422 102424 102426 102427 102435 102436)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. Montastrea faveolata (97653 97654 97655 97656 97657 97658 97659 97660)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Montastrea faveolata (97552 97553 97554)