Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Favia favus, Goniastrea favus, Madrepora favus
Synonyms: Favia affinis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850, Favia cavernosa Forskal 1775, Favia savignyi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850, Madrepora cavernosa Forskal 1775, Orbicella borradailei Gardiner 1904, Parastrea affinis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850, Parastrea savignyi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Belongs to Dipsastraea according to D. Huang et al. 2014
See also Felix 1915, Inskipp et al. 2005 and Montanaro Gallitelli 1973
Sister taxa: Dipsastraea albida, Dipsastraea amicorum, Dipsastraea helianthoides, Dipsastraea lacuna, Dipsastraea laxa, Dipsastraea lizardensis, Dipsastraea maritima, Dipsastraea matthaii, Dipsastraea maxima, Dipsastraea pallida, Dipsastraea rotumana, Dipsastraea speciosa, Dipsastraea veroni
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Djibouti (1), Eritrea (1), Guam (1), India (2), Indonesia (2), Japan (5), New Caledonia (1), Pakistan (3), Saudi Arabia (6), the Seychelles (1), Tuvalu (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of India (1), Indonesia (4), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
Total: 34 collections including 35 occurrences
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