Scleractinia taxon details
Favitopsis Alloiteau, 1954 †
1581102 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581102)
accepted
Genus
Favitopsis harrensis Alloiteau, 1954 † (type by monotypy)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Alloiteau, J. (1954). IV. Madréporaires Jurassiques. In Basse, E., Alloiteau, J., Karrenberg, H., Lefranc, J.P. & Lehman, J.P. Fossiles du Jurassique superieur et des "gres de Nubie" de la region de Sana (Yemen). <em>Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France.</em> S6-IV(7-9): 674-680., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gssgfbull.s6-iv.7-9.655 [details] Available for editors 
Description Massive cerioid corallum with polygonal elongated irregular and excentric corallites. Intracalicular increase. No...
Status Favitopsis was placed in Faviidae by Alloiteau
Description Massive cerioid corallum with polygonal elongated irregular and excentric corallites. Intracalicular increase. No holotheca. Radial elements are generally free occasionally joined by their inner edge, compact and unequal. Distal edge with subequal small teeth. Radial and marked bilateral symmetry. Endotheca made of thin dissepiments extended over the whole length of interseptal chambers and joining the axial cavity, columella parietal and rudimentary to absent, wall parathecal. [details]
Status Favitopsis was placed in Faviidae by Alloiteau
Status Favitopsis was placed in Faviidae by Alloiteau [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Favitopsis Alloiteau, 1954 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581102 on 2026-09-04
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Alloiteau, J. (1954). IV. Madréporaires Jurassiques. In Basse, E., Alloiteau, J., Karrenberg, H., Lefranc, J.P. & Lehman, J.P. Fossiles du Jurassique superieur et des "gres de Nubie" de la region de Sana (Yemen). <em>Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France.</em> S6-IV(7-9): 674-680., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gssgfbull.s6-iv.7-9.655 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
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Comparison Alloiteau distinguished Favitopsis from Favia by the cerioid colonial structure, the distal edge of septa, the poor development of the axial organ and the subtabulate endotheca. He distinguished his new genus from Favites by the distal edge of septa and the subtabulate endotheca. He finally compared to Isastrea whose the endotheca is vesiculose and the septal structure of montlivaltid type. [details]Description Massive cerioid corallum with polygonal elongated irregular and excentric corallites. Intracalicular increase. No holotheca. Radial elements are generally free occasionally joined by their inner edge, compact and unequal. Distal edge with subequal small teeth. Radial and marked bilateral symmetry. Endotheca made of thin dissepiments extended over the whole length of interseptal chambers and joining the axial cavity, columella parietal and rudimentary to absent, wall parathecal. [details]
Remark One nominal species and one specimen published. Alloiteau evoked an unpublished Bathonian-Callovian specimen from Jeham (Egypt). [details]
Status Favitopsis was placed in Faviidae by Alloiteau [details]
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