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Favia hemispherica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Taxonomy
Favia hemispherica was named by de Fromentel (1857).

It was recombined as Ellipsocoenia hemispherica by Morycowa (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Favia hemispherica de Fromentel
1964Ellipsocoenia hemispherica Morycowa
2009Favia hemispherica Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyFaviidaeGregory 1900
genusFaviaOken 1815
specieshemisphericade Fromentel 1857

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Favia hemispherica de Fromentel 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-10-10 08:25:59
Modified: 2009-12-16 11:54:53
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Georgia Ellipsocoenia hemispherica (67510)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Turkmenistan Ellipsocoenia hemispherica (78700 91685)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Poland Ellipsocoenia hemispherica (64118 67122 67124)