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Favites complanata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Favia complanata was named by Ehrenberg (1834). It is extant.

It was recombined as Favites complanata by Vaughan (1918).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. fungiformis, F. gajensis, F. tenuiseptata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Favia complanata Ehrenberg
1918Favites complanata Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusFavitesLink 1807
speciescomplanata(Ehrenberg 1834)

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.

Favites complanata Ehrenberg 1834
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malaysia Favites complanata (216166)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Favites complanata (80954)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt Favites complanata (96759)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Egypt Favites complanata (96760)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Favites complanata (88000)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt (Red Sea) Favites complanata (234197)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Favites complanata (80955 80956 80958 80962 80963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Favites complanata (90053)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu Favites complanata (89231)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Favites complanata (103251 103254 103266 103269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Pakistan Favites complanata (192909 192910 192911 192912)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India Favites complanata (165793)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Favites complanata (167465 167487)