WoRMS taxon details
Faviidae Gregory, 1900
AphiaID: 196099
AphiaID: 196099
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||
| Rank | Family | ||||||||||
| Parent | Scleractinia | ||||||||||
| Source | Not documented | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Astreosmilia Genus Prionastrea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 Genus Favia Oken, 1815 accepted as Favia Milne Edwards, 1857 Genus Montastrea Blainville, 1830 accepted as Montastraea Blainville, 1830 | ||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: It is the biggest family in terms of number of genera, and ranks next to the Acroporidae in number of species. All extant species are hermatypic and colonial. Septa, paliform lobes, columellae and wall structures, when present, all appear to be structurally similar. Septal structures are simple, columellae are a simple tangle of elongate septal teeth, walls are composed of thickened septa and cross-linkages. Related families are Merulinidae and Trachyphylliidae. (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196099 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Faviidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196099 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||
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