Favites is a genus of stony corals in the familyMerulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean as far as Japan, the Line Islands and the Tuamotu Islands.[2]
Colonies can be encrusting but are usually massive and dome-shaped. The corallites are mostly cerioid (sharing a common wall), but some are plocoid (with an individual wall) and the palliform lobes are indistinct, which distinguishes these corals from the otherwise similar Goniastrea.[1][2]
Fossil internal model of Favites, from Miocene of Italy
Fossil recordedit
Fossils of Favites are found in marine strata from the Jurassic to the Quaternary (age range: from 161.2 to 0.0 million years ago.). Fossils are known from many localities in Europe, Indonesia, Philippines, Africa, North America, South America, Pakistan, Japan and India.[3]
favites, genus, stony, corals, family, merulinidae, members, this, genus, native, indo, pacific, region, their, ranges, extend, from, through, indian, ocean, western, pacific, ocean, japan, line, islands, tuamotu, islands, temporal, range, jurassic, recent, pr. Favites is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae Members of this genus are native to the Indo Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean as far as Japan the Line Islands and the Tuamotu Islands 2 FavitesTemporal range Jurassic Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Favites pentagona Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Cnidaria Class Hexacorallia Order Scleractinia Family Merulinidae Genus FavitesLink 1807 1 Species See text Synonyms ListAphrastrea Milne Edwards amp Haime 1848 Favastrea de Blainville 1834 Phymastraea Milne Edwards amp Haime 1848 lapsus Phymastrea Milne Edwards amp Haime 1848 Prionastraea Milne Edwards amp Haime 1848 Contents 1 Characteristics 2 Species 3 Fossil record 4 ReferencesCharacteristics editColonies can be encrusting but are usually massive and dome shaped The corallites are mostly cerioid sharing a common wall but some are plocoid with an individual wall and the palliform lobes are indistinct which distinguishes these corals from the otherwise similar Goniastrea 1 2 Species editThe following species are currently recognized by the World Register of Marine Species 1 Favites abdita Ellis amp Solander 1786 Favites acuticollis Ortmann 1889 Favites chinensis Verrill 1866 Favites colemani Veron 2000 Favites complanata Ehrenberg 1834 Favites favosa Ellis amp Solander 1786 Favites flexuosa Dana 1846 Favites halicora Ehrenberg 1834 Favites magnistellata Chevalier 1971 Favites melicerum Ehrenberg 1834 Favites micropentagonus Veron 2000 Favites monticularis Mondal Raghunathan amp Venkataraman 2013 Favites paraflexuosus Veron 2000 Favites pentagona Esper 1795 Favites rotundata Veron Pichon amp Wijsman Best 1977 Favites solidocolumellae Latypov 2006 Favites spinosa Klunzinger 1879 Favites stylifera Yabe amp Sugiyama 1937 Favites valenciennesi Milne Edwards amp Haime 1849 Favites vasta Klunzinger 1879 nbsp Fossil internal model of Favites from Miocene of ItalyFossil record editFossils of Favites are found in marine strata from the Jurassic to the Quaternary age range from 161 2 to 0 0 million years ago Fossils are known from many localities in Europe Indonesia Philippines Africa North America South America Pakistan Japan and India 3 References edit a b c Hoeksema Bert 2015 Favites Link 1807 WoRMS World Register of Marine Species Retrieved 2015 04 25 a b Sprung Julian 1999 Corals A quick reference guide Ricordea Publishing pp 110 111 ISBN 1 883693 09 8 The Paleobiology Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Favites amp oldid 1067805990, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
