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Favia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Taxonomy

Favia was named by Oken (1815) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Faviinae.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Faviinae by Budd et al. (2012); and to Faviidae by Milne Edwards and Haime (1857), Johnson (1998), Veron (2000), López-Pérez (2005), Baron-Szabo (2006) and Hoeksema and Cairns (2021).

Species lacking formal opinion data

F. centralis, F. maliriensis, F. pedunculata, F. truncatus, F. valceppii, F. verbeeki

Synonyms

Barbadiastrea was named by Wells (1945).

It was synonymized subjectively with Favia by Budd et al. (1992).
Phymastrea was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848).

It was synonymized subjectively with Favia by Wells (1956).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1815	Favia Oken
1848	Phymastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime
1857	Favia Milne Edwards and Haime
1945	Barbadiastrea Wells
1998	Favia Johnson
2000	Favia Veron p. 100
2002	Favia Sepkoski
2005	Favia López-Pérez p. 83
2006	Favia Baron-Szabo p. 30
2012	Favia Budd et al.
2021	Favia Hoeksema and Cairns p. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Faviina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
superfamily	Faviicae	Gregory 1900
family	Faviidae	Gregory 1900
genus	Favia	Oken 1815

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.

G. Favia Oken 1815

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†Favia africana Latham 1929

†Favia aquitaniensis Chevalier 1961

†Favia beaumaderiensis Chevalier 1961

†Favia clarki Clark and Durham 1946

†Favia corollaris Reuss 1871

†Favia costata d'Achiardi 1875

†Favia dalmatina Oppenheim 1901

Favia danae Verrill 1872

Favia denticulata Ellis and Solander 1786

†Favia dominicensis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925

Favia ehrenbergi Klunzinger 1879

†Favia exilis d'Achiardi 1875

†Favia falloti Chevalier 1961

†Favia faviodes Wells 1945

†Favia favioides Wells 1945

Favia fragum Esper 1795

†Favia friedbergi Dembinska-Rozkowska 1932

†Favia gotschevi Kojumdgieva 1960

Favia gravida Verrill 1868

†Favia gregoryi Wells 1935

†Favia haipensis Eguchi 1951

†Favia hannai Durham 1942

†Favia hemispherica de Fromentel 1857

†Favia jezoensis Eguchi 1944

†Favia junghuhni Reuss 1867

†Favia kabyliensis Chevalier 1961

Favia leptophylla Verrill 1868

†Favia lobata Eliasova 1974

†Favia maastrichtensis Umbgrove 1925

†Favia macdonaldi Vaughan 1919

†Favia macrocalyx Felix 1913

†Favia macrotheca Eliasova 1974

†Favia madhuwalensis Chattopadhyay 2004

†Favia magnifica Reuss 1871

†Favia maoadentrensis Budd and Johnson 1999

Favia mathai Vaughan 1918

†Favia melitae Chevalier 1961

†Favia meneguzzoi d'Achiardi 1875

†Favia merriami Vaughan 1900

†Favia oishii Eguchi 1951

Favia okeni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857

†Favia planissima Umbgrove 1925

†Favia praeamplior Gregory 1925

†Favia profunda Reuss 1872

†Favia ritterneri Koby 1884

†Favia somaliensis Gregory 1900

†Favia subdenticulata Catullo 1856

†Favia texana Cragin 1893

†Favia turbinata Fromentel 1857

†Favia vokesae Budd and Johnson 1999

†Favia weisbordi Wells 1934

Invalid names: Barbadiastrea Wells 1945 [synonym], Phymastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available