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Favites is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean as far as Japan, the Line Islands and the Tuamotu Islands.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favites, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2260077	https://www.gbif.org/species/2260077
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	6439	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6439

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Favites

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Zoantharia	de Blainville 1830
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Faviina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
superfamily	Faviicae	Gregory 1900
family	Merulinidae	Verrill 1866
genus	Favites	Link 1807

Scientific Name

Favites Link, 1807

Name Published In

Link, Johann H. F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adler Vol. 3: 101-165.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Favites	genus	belongs to Faviidae	stated with evidence	Veron, 2000
Favites	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Favites	genus	belongs to Merulinidae	stated with evidence	Huang et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

12 (32%)

First Recorded Appearance

164 - 145 Ma
Jurassic

Environment

marine (based on Scleractinia)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Faviina)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Faviina)

Reproduction

alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Faviina)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Common Name(s)

Wabenkorallen, Honeycomb Corals, カメノコキクメイシ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favites

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Aphrastrea autignacensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aphrastrea neglecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ellasmoastraea carryensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Favites abdita species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		67	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Favites acuticollis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	13.8 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Favites ambigua species	listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Favites autignacensis species	listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Favites borneensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	11.6 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Favites carryensis species	listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Favites chinensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Favites colemani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Favites complanata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	5.33 Ma Miocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Favites crassiseptata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Favites densisepta species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Favites detecta species	listed (PBDB)		2	28.1 Ma Oligocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Favites favosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Favites flexuosa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		30	5.33 Ma Miocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Favites gabbi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Favites halicora species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Favites inaequiseptata species	listed (PBDB)		2	28.1 Ma Oligocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Favites macrocalyx species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Favites magna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Favites magnificata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Favites magnistellata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Favites melicerum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Favites mexicana species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	28.4 Ma Oligocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Favites micropentagona species	listed (PBDB)		4	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Favites micropentagonus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Favites mimbastensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	23.0 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Favites monticularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Favites neglecta species	listed (PBDB)		33	28.1 Ma Oligocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Favites neugeboreni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		15	23.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Favites neuvillei species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Favites oligocenica species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	28.1 Ma Oligocene	13.7 Ma Miocene
Favites paraflexuosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Favites pauciseptata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Favites pentagona species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		37	13.8 Ma Miocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Favites polygonalis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	28.1 Ma Oligocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Favites rhomboidea species	listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Favites rotundata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Favites solidocolumellae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Favites spinosa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Favites stylifera species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Favites suvadivae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Favites taruensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Favites tesserifera species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Favites valenciennesi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Favites vasta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Favites verbeeki ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	5.33 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Favites yamanarii species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Prionastraea ambigua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prionastraea borneensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prionastraea coronata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prionastraea fungiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prionastraea gajensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prionastraea inaequiseptata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prionastraea insignis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prionastraea neugeboreni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prionastraea pauciseptata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prionastraea rhomboidea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prionastraea rodericana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prionastraea scabra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prionastraea suvadivae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prionastraea verbeeki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Septastrea detecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Aphrastraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Aphrastraea*
Prionastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Prionastrea*
Aphrastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Aphrastrea*
Astrophyllia Ehrenberg, 1834	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Astrophyllia*
Cellastraea de Blainville, 1834	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Cellastraea*
Halysiastraea Sismonda, 1871	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Halysiastraea*
Metastrea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Metastrea*
Ellasmoastraea Michelotti	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Ellasmoastraea*
Plerastraea Haime & Milne-Edwards, 1857	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Plerastraea*
Plerastrea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Plerastrea*
Phymastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Phymastrea*
Aphastraea Angelis, 1895	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Aphastraea*
Favastrea de Blainville, 1834	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Favastrea*
Phymastraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Phymastraea*
Allastraea Gregory, 1900	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Allastraea*
Plesiophyllia Michelotti, 1871	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Plesiophyllia*
Narcissastrea Pratz, 1883	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Narcissastrea*
Dyctioastraea Sismonda, 1871	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Dyctioastraea*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1807	Favites Link
1848	Aphrastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime
1857	Metastraea Milne-Edwards and Haime
1857	Metastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime
1871	Ellasmoastraea Michelotti
1871	Plesiophyllia Michelotti

Year	Name and Author
1961	Ellasmoastraea Chevalier p. 150
2000	Favites Veron p. 134
2002	Favites Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Plesiophyllia Sepkoski, Jr.
2014	Favites Huang et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Chevalier J. P. (1961) Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean], Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 93, 1-562

Veron J.E.N. (2000) , Corals of the World

Huang D., Benzoni F., et al (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171 2, 277-355

Wells, John W., 1986: null. A List of Scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1985, (special issue). 69. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Cairns, S.D.; Gershwin, L.; Brook, F.J.; Pugh, P.; Dawson, E.W.; Ocaña O.V.; Vervoort, W.; Williams, G.; Watson, J.E.; Opresko, D.M.; Schuchert, P.; Hine, P.M.; Gordon, D.P.; Campbell, H.J.; Wright, A.J.; Sánchez, J.A.; Fautin, D.G. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 59-101. - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Link D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock: Adlers Erben. 1 Abt. [Part 1], pp. 1-50; 2 Abt. [Part 2], pp. 51-100; 3 Abt. [Part 3], pp. 101-165; Abt. 4 [Part 4],pp. 1-30; Abt. 5 [Part 5], pp. 1-38 [1808]; Abt. 6 [Part 6], pp. 1-38. - via World Register of Marine Species

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Veron, J. E. N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers. - via World Register of Marine Species

Budd, A. F.; Fukami, H.; Smith, N. D.; Knowlton, N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 166(3): 465-529. - via World Register of Marine Species

Corallosphere - via World Register of Marine Species

Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355. - via World Register of Marine Species

Beschr. Nat. Samml. Univ. Rostock, Heft 3 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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