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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Favia : Favia gravida |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Favia : Favia gravida |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Favia |
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| Scientific Name | Favia gravida Verrill, 1868 |
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| Name Published In | 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. Transactions of the Connecticut Acadademy of Arts and Sciences. 1(2): 351-613. |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Favia gravida | species | belongs to Favia | stated with evidence | Verrill, 1868 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene |
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| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) |
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| Motility | stationary (based on Faviidae) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) |
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| Diet | photosymbiotic, microcarnivore (based on Faviidae) |
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| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Faviidae) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | K. G. Johnson. 1998. A phylogenetic test of accelerated turnover in Neogene Caribbean brain corals (Scleractinia: Faviidae). Palaeontology 41(6):1247-1268 |
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| Common Name(s) | Knob Coral |
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| Johnson K. G. (1998) A phylogenetic test of accelerated turnover in Neogene Caribbean brain corals (Scleractinia: Faviidae), Palaeontology 41 6, 1247-1268 |
| Cairns, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W. & van der Land, J. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Matthai, G. (1919). Coelenterata. Part II. – Madreporaria. (a) On Favia conferta, Verrill, with notes on other Atlantic species of Favia. British Antarctic (“Terra Nova)” Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report. Zoology. 5 (2): 69-96, pls. 1-4. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Hoeksema, B.W. & Wirtz, P. 2013. Over 130 years of survival by a small, isolated population of Favia gravida corals at Ascension Island (South Atlantic). Coral Reefs 32: 551. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Hoeksema, B. W. (2012). Extreme morphological plasticity enables a free mode of life in Favia gravida at Ascension Island (South Atlantic). Marine Biodiversity. 42(2): 289-295. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| van der Land, J. (ed) (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - via Catalogue of Life |
| 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. Transactions of the Connecticut Acadademy of Arts and Sciences. 1(2): 351-613. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Cairns, Stephen D., 1999: Species richness of recent Scleractinia. Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 59. 1-46. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
Favia gravida
