WoRMS taxon details
Favia gravida Verrill, 1868
288071 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288071)
accepted
Species
Coeloria ascensionis (Ridley, 1881) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Favia conferta Verrill, 1868 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandra conferta (Verrill, 1868) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandrina ascensionis (Ridley, 1881) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platygyra ascensionis Ridley, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A.E. (1868). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 4. Notice of the corals and Echinoderms collected by Prof. C.F. Hartt, at the Abrolhos Reefs, Province of Bahia, Brazil, 1867. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1 (2): 351-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380325 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Favia gravida Verrill, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288071 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Verrill, A.E. (1868). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 4. Notice of the corals and Echinoderms collected by Prof. C.F. Hartt, at the Abrolhos Reefs, Province of Bahia, Brazil, 1867. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1 (2): 351-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380325 [details]
original description (of Platygyra ascensionis Ridley, 1881) Ridley, S.O. (1881). Madreporaria. Report on a collection made by Mr. T. Conry in Ascension Island. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser 5).</em> 8: 438–440. [details]
original description (of Favia conferta Verrill, 1868) Verrill, A.E. (1868). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 4. Notice of the corals and Echinoderms collected by Prof. C.F. Hartt, at the Abrolhos Reefs, Province of Bahia, Brazil, 1867. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1 (2): 351-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380325 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Amaral, F. D., Hudson, M. M., Steiner, A. Q., & Ramos, C. A. C. 2007. Corals and calcified hydroids of the Manuel Luiz Marine State Park (State of Maranhao, northeast Brazil). Biota Neotropica 7: 73-81.
page(s): 2, 5, 6, 7 [details]
additional source Hoeksema, B. W. (2012). Extreme morphological plasticity enables a free mode of life in Favia gravida at Ascension Island (South Atlantic). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 42(2): 289-295., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-011-0106-z [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Hoeksema BW, Wirtz P. (2013). Over 130 years of survival by a small, isolated population of Favia gravida corals at Ascension Island (South Atlantic). <em>Coral Reefs.</em> 32(2): 551., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-012-1002-0 [details]
additional source Zibrowius H, Wirtz P, Nunes FL, Hoeksema BW, Benzoni F. (2017). Shallow-water scleractinian corals of Ascension Island, Central South Atlantic. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 97 (4): 713-725., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315414001465 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Verrill AE. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168.
page(s): 91 [details]
additional source Verrill AE. (1901). Comparisons of the Bermudian, West Indian, and Brazilian Coral Faunae. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 169-206, pls. 10-35.
page(s): 188, 200 [details]
additional source Matthai, G. (1919). Coelenterata. Part II. – Madreporaria. (a) On Favia conferta, Verrill, with notes on other Atlantic species of Favia. <em>British Antarctic (“Terra Nova)” Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report. Zoology.</em> 5 (2): 69-96, pls. 1-4. [details]
additional source Teschima MM, Zilberberg C, Nunes FLD. (2021). Strong genetic differentiation demarks populations of Favia across biogeographic regions of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Coral Reefs.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021-02203-w [details]
additional source Amaral FD, Ramos CAC. (2007). Skeletal variability of the coral Favia gravida (Verrill, 1868) from Brazil. <em>Biota Neotropica.</em> 7 (3): 1-7., available online at http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v7n3/pt/abstract?article+bn04307032007 [details]
additional source Zlatarski, V. N.; Estalella, N. M. (1980). Scleractinia of Cuba with data on the constituent organisms [in Bulgarian]. Bulgarian Academy of Science. Sophia., pp. 312.
page(s): 46, 250, 302, 303 [details]
additional source Echeverría, C. A.; Pires, D. de Oliveira; Medeiros, M. S.; Castro, C. B. (1997). Cnidarians of the Atol das Rocas, Brazil. Proceedings of the Eighth International Coral Reef Symposium, 1, 443-446
page(s): 443, 445 [details]
additional source Laborel, J. (1970). Les peuplements de madréporaires des côtes tropicales du Brésil. Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan, 2, E, (3): 7-261
page(s): 32, 40, 41, 48, 69, 86, 92, 113, 118, 120, 131, 136, 138, 143, 144, 160, 163, 192, 194, 199, 224, 247, 248 [details]
additional source Neves, E.; Johnsson, R.; Sampaio, C.; Pichon, M. (2006). The occurrence of Scolymia cubensis in Brazil: revising the problem of the Caribbean solitary mussids. Zootaxa, 1366, 45-54
page(s): 52 [details]
additional source Gasparini, J. L.; Floeter, S. R.; Ferreira, C. E. L.; Sazima, I. (2005). Marine ornamental trade in Brazil. Biodiversity and Conservation, 14, 2883-2899
page(s): 2896 [details]
additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 293 [details]
additional source Amaral, F. D.; Ramos, C. A. C.; Leão, Z. M. A. N.; Kikuchi, R. K. P.; Lima, K. K. M.; Longo, L.; Cordeiro, R. T. S.; Lira, S. M. A.; Vasconcelos, S. L. (2009). Checklist and morphometry of benthic cnidarians from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 50, 277-290
page(s): 278, 280, 281, 283, 286 [details]
additional source Pires, D. de Oliveira; Castro, C. B.; Migotto, Á. E.; Marques, A. C. (1992). Cnidários bentônicos do Arquipélago de Fernando de Noronha, Brasil. Boletim do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro), N.S., (354): 1-21
page(s): 14 [details]
additional source Almy CC, Carrión-Torres C. (1963). Shallow water stony corals of Puerto Rico. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 3: 269-279. [details]
additional source Laborel J. (1969). Madréporaires et Hydrocoralliaires récifaux des côtes Brésiliennes : systématique, écologie, répartition verticale et géographique. <em>Results Scientifique du Campagne de Calypso au large des cotes Atlantiques de l'Amérique du Sud (1961-1962).</em> 9(25): 171-229. [details]
additional source Adam, C. D. L.; Toonen, R. J.; Carlon, D. B.; Zilberberg, C.; Barbeitos, M. S. (2024). Genetic structuring and species boundaries in the Atlantic stony coral <i>Favia</i> (Scleractinia, Faviidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12652 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 29 [details]
additional source Laborel J. (1967). A revised list of Brazilian scleractinian corals and description of a new species. <em>Postilla Yale Peabody Museum.</em> 107: 1-14.
page(s): 3, 4 [details]
original description (of Platygyra ascensionis Ridley, 1881) Ridley, S.O. (1881). Madreporaria. Report on a collection made by Mr. T. Conry in Ascension Island. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser 5).</em> 8: 438–440. [details]
original description (of Favia conferta Verrill, 1868) Verrill, A.E. (1868). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 4. Notice of the corals and Echinoderms collected by Prof. C.F. Hartt, at the Abrolhos Reefs, Province of Bahia, Brazil, 1867. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1 (2): 351-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380325 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Amaral, F. D., Hudson, M. M., Steiner, A. Q., & Ramos, C. A. C. 2007. Corals and calcified hydroids of the Manuel Luiz Marine State Park (State of Maranhao, northeast Brazil). Biota Neotropica 7: 73-81.
page(s): 2, 5, 6, 7 [details]
additional source Hoeksema, B. W. (2012). Extreme morphological plasticity enables a free mode of life in Favia gravida at Ascension Island (South Atlantic). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 42(2): 289-295., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-011-0106-z [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Hoeksema BW, Wirtz P. (2013). Over 130 years of survival by a small, isolated population of Favia gravida corals at Ascension Island (South Atlantic). <em>Coral Reefs.</em> 32(2): 551., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-012-1002-0 [details]
additional source Zibrowius H, Wirtz P, Nunes FL, Hoeksema BW, Benzoni F. (2017). Shallow-water scleractinian corals of Ascension Island, Central South Atlantic. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 97 (4): 713-725., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315414001465 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Verrill AE. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168.
page(s): 91 [details]
additional source Verrill AE. (1901). Comparisons of the Bermudian, West Indian, and Brazilian Coral Faunae. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 169-206, pls. 10-35.
page(s): 188, 200 [details]
additional source Matthai, G. (1919). Coelenterata. Part II. – Madreporaria. (a) On Favia conferta, Verrill, with notes on other Atlantic species of Favia. <em>British Antarctic (“Terra Nova)” Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report. Zoology.</em> 5 (2): 69-96, pls. 1-4. [details]
additional source Teschima MM, Zilberberg C, Nunes FLD. (2021). Strong genetic differentiation demarks populations of Favia across biogeographic regions of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Coral Reefs.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021-02203-w [details]
additional source Amaral FD, Ramos CAC. (2007). Skeletal variability of the coral Favia gravida (Verrill, 1868) from Brazil. <em>Biota Neotropica.</em> 7 (3): 1-7., available online at http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v7n3/pt/abstract?article+bn04307032007 [details]
additional source Zlatarski, V. N.; Estalella, N. M. (1980). Scleractinia of Cuba with data on the constituent organisms [in Bulgarian]. Bulgarian Academy of Science. Sophia., pp. 312.
page(s): 46, 250, 302, 303 [details]
additional source Echeverría, C. A.; Pires, D. de Oliveira; Medeiros, M. S.; Castro, C. B. (1997). Cnidarians of the Atol das Rocas, Brazil. Proceedings of the Eighth International Coral Reef Symposium, 1, 443-446
page(s): 443, 445 [details]
additional source Laborel, J. (1970). Les peuplements de madréporaires des côtes tropicales du Brésil. Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan, 2, E, (3): 7-261
page(s): 32, 40, 41, 48, 69, 86, 92, 113, 118, 120, 131, 136, 138, 143, 144, 160, 163, 192, 194, 199, 224, 247, 248 [details]
additional source Neves, E.; Johnsson, R.; Sampaio, C.; Pichon, M. (2006). The occurrence of Scolymia cubensis in Brazil: revising the problem of the Caribbean solitary mussids. Zootaxa, 1366, 45-54
page(s): 52 [details]
additional source Gasparini, J. L.; Floeter, S. R.; Ferreira, C. E. L.; Sazima, I. (2005). Marine ornamental trade in Brazil. Biodiversity and Conservation, 14, 2883-2899
page(s): 2896 [details]
additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 293 [details]
additional source Amaral, F. D.; Ramos, C. A. C.; Leão, Z. M. A. N.; Kikuchi, R. K. P.; Lima, K. K. M.; Longo, L.; Cordeiro, R. T. S.; Lira, S. M. A.; Vasconcelos, S. L. (2009). Checklist and morphometry of benthic cnidarians from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 50, 277-290
page(s): 278, 280, 281, 283, 286 [details]
additional source Pires, D. de Oliveira; Castro, C. B.; Migotto, Á. E.; Marques, A. C. (1992). Cnidários bentônicos do Arquipélago de Fernando de Noronha, Brasil. Boletim do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro), N.S., (354): 1-21
page(s): 14 [details]
additional source Almy CC, Carrión-Torres C. (1963). Shallow water stony corals of Puerto Rico. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 3: 269-279. [details]
additional source Laborel J. (1969). Madréporaires et Hydrocoralliaires récifaux des côtes Brésiliennes : systématique, écologie, répartition verticale et géographique. <em>Results Scientifique du Campagne de Calypso au large des cotes Atlantiques de l'Amérique du Sud (1961-1962).</em> 9(25): 171-229. [details]
additional source Adam, C. D. L.; Toonen, R. J.; Carlon, D. B.; Zilberberg, C.; Barbeitos, M. S. (2024). Genetic structuring and species boundaries in the Atlantic stony coral <i>Favia</i> (Scleractinia, Faviidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12652 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 29 [details]
additional source Laborel J. (1967). A revised list of Brazilian scleractinian corals and description of a new species. <em>Postilla Yale Peabody Museum.</em> 107: 1-14.
page(s): 3, 4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Maeandra conferta (Verrill, 1868)) YPM, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Maeandra conferta (Verrill, 1868)) YPM, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Favia conferta Verrill, 1868) YPM 1466a, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type YPM 1465a, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Biology zooxanthellate [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | knob coral | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Favia conferta Verrill, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (185 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Favia conferta de FROMENTEL, 1857; Syntype; F.A32647) (from synonym Favia conferta Verrill, 1868)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ COE USNM 89298 fragments)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ COE USNM 96987 whole specimen top view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (102 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 001465.CNB)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 008268.CN) (from synonym Favia conferta Verrill, 1868)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (185 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Favia conferta de FROMENTEL, 1857; Syntype; F.A32647) (from synonym Favia conferta Verrill, 1868)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ COE USNM 89298 fragments)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ COE USNM 96987 whole specimen top view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (102 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 001465.CNB)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 008268.CN) (from synonym Favia conferta Verrill, 1868)
To ITIS
