African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Faviinae Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857

AfReMaS taxon details

Faviinae Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857

AphiaID

718680 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:718680)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Type taxon

Favia de Blainville, 1820 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Faviidae Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857

Direct children (2)

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Genus Favia de Blainville, 1820
Genus Mussismilia Ortmann, 1890

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Haime, J.; Milne Edwards, H. In: Milne Edwards, H. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Faviinae Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718680 on 2026-09-13

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Faviinae Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718680 on 2026-09-13

Taxonomic edit history

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2013-02-06 17:41:18Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2014-04-05 23:34:53Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2018-12-28 08:19:46Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2022-05-16 12:53:15Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2026-07-08 08:53:51Z

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original description Haime, J.; Milne Edwards, H. In: Milne Edwards, H. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details]

basis of record Budd AF, Fukami H, Smith ND, Knowlton N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 166 (3): 465-529., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x [details]

additional source Gregory JW. (1900). The Jurassic fauna of Cutch. The corals. <em>Palaeontologica Indica, Ser 9.</em> 2 (2): 1-195, pls. 2-27. [details]

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Faviinae)