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Favia De Blainville, 1820

holotype of Barbadiastrea favioides Wells

AphiaID

718691 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:718691)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Madrepora fragum Esper, 1793 accepted as Favia fragum (Esper, 1793)

Typetaxon of

Faviidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
Faviinae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857

Parent

Faviinae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857

Original name

Favia De Blainville, 1820

Synonymised names

Astraea (Favia) de Blainville, 1820 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Astrea (Favia) Blainville, 1820 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Barbadiastrea Wells, 1945 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Clypeofavia de Angelis d'Ossat, 1894 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Favia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 · unaccepted > junior homonym

Favia Oken, 1815 · unaccepted > unavailable name

Fissicella Dana, 1848 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Stegiastrea Meneghini, 1857 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Favia fragum (Esper, 1793)
Species Favia gravida Verrill, 1868
Species Favia abdita (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Favites abdita (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia adduensis Gardiner, 1904 accepted as Favites pentagona (Esper, 1790) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia affinis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Dipsastraea favus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia albida Veron, 2000 accepted as Dipsastraea albida (Veron, 2000) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia albidus Veron, 2000 accepted as Dipsastraea albida (Veron, 2000) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Favia amicorum (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Dipsastraea amicorum (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia amplior (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Dipsastraea pallida (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia ananas (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Favia fragum (Esper, 1793) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia armata (Verrill, 1872) accepted as Goniastrea stelligera (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia aspera Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Dipsastraea favus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia bertholleti Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Favites valenciennesii (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia camranensis Latypov, 2013 accepted as Dipsastraea camranensis (Latypov, 2013) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Favia cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia cavernosa (Forskål, 1775) accepted as Dipsastraea favus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia cellulosa (Verrill, 1872) accepted as Dipsastraea pallida (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia clouei Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Dipsastraea speciosa (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia coarctata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Favia fragum (Esper, 1793) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia complanata Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Favites complanata (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Favia conferta Verrill, 1868 accepted as Favia gravida Verrill, 1868 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia crassior (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Favites abdita (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia danae Verrill, 1872 accepted as Dipsastraea danai (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, homonym)
Species Favia danai Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Dipsastraea danai (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, basionym)
Species Favia deformata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Dipsastraea favus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia denticulata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Dipsastraea favus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia denticulata (Dana, 1846) accepted as Dipsastraea pallida (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia doreyensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Dipsastraea pallida (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia ehrenbergi Klunzinger, 1879 accepted as Dipsastraea favus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia eridani Umbgrove, 1940 accepted as Favites valenciennesii (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia favites (Esper, 1795) accepted as Favites favosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination, misspelling)
Species Favia favosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Favites favosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia favus (Forskål, 1775) accepted as Dipsastraea favus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia fragilis (Dana, 1846) accepted as Dipsastraea speciosa (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia geoffroyi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Dipsastraea favus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia halicora (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Favites halicora (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia hawaiiensis (Vaughan, 1907) accepted as Leptastrea purpurea (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954 accepted as Dipsastraea helianthoides (Wells, 1954) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Favia hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Favites abdita (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia hirsuta (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) accepted as Acanthastrea echinata (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia hombroni (Rousseau, 1854) accepted as Goniastrea stelligera (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia hombronii (Rouseau, 1854) accepted as Goniastrea stelligera (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia hululensis Gardiner, 1904 accepted as Astrea rotulosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia incerta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Favia fragum (Esper, 1793) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia ingolfi Crossland, 1931 accepted as Plesiastrea peroni Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia jacquinoti Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Dipsastraea favus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia laccadivica Gardiner, 1904 accepted as Dipsastraea pallida (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia lacuna Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000 accepted as Dipsastraea lacuna (Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Favia laddi (Wells, 1954) accepted as Dipsastraea laddi (Wells, 1954) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia laxa (Klunzinger, 1879) accepted as Dipsastraea laxa (Klunzinger, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia leptophylla Verrill, 1868 accepted as Mussismilia leptophylla (Verrill, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Favia lizardensis Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977 accepted as Dipsastraea lizardensis (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Favia lobata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Goniastrea stelligera (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia magnistellata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Favites magnistellata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia maritima (Nemenzo, 1971) accepted as Dipsastraea maritima (Nemenzo, 1971) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia marshae Veron, 2000 accepted as Dipsastraea marshae (Veron, 2000) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Favia matthaii Vaughan, 1918 accepted as Dipsastraea matthaii (Vaughan, 1918) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Favia maxima Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977 accepted as Astraeosmilia maxima (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Favia microphthalma (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia okeni Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Dipsastraea pallida (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia palauensis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1936 accepted as Coelastrea palauensis (Yabe & Sugiyama, 1936) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Favia pallida (Dana, 1846) accepted as Dipsastraea pallida (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Favia pandanus (Dana, 1846) accepted as Dipsastraea speciosa (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia parvimurata Gardiner, 1904 accepted as Goniastrea favulus (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia paucisepta Chevalier, 1971 accepted as Dipsastraea pallida (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia pentagona (Esper, 1790) accepted as Favites pentagona (Esper, 1790) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia porcata (Esper, 1794) accepted as Dichocoenia stokesii (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia pseudostelligera Hoffmeister, 1932 accepted as Goniastrea stelligera (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia puteolina (Dana, 1846) accepted as Dipsastraea speciosa (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia putnami (Verrill, 1872) accepted as Dipsastraea pallida (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia robusta (Dana, 1846) accepted as Favites abdita (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia rosaria Veron, 2000 accepted as Dipsastraea rosaria (Veron, 2000) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Favia rotulifera Matthai, 1924 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Favia rotulosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Astrea rotulosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia rotumana (Gardiner, 1899) accepted as Dipsastraea rotumana (Gardiner, 1899) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia rotundata (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977) accepted as Favites rotundata Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia rudis (Verrill, 1866) accepted as Favia speciosa (Dana, 1846) accepted as Dipsastraea speciosa (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia rugosa Chevalier, 1971 accepted as Dipsastraea matthaii (Vaughan, 1918) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia savignyi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Dipsastraea favus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia solidior (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Astrea curta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia speciosa (Dana, 1846) accepted as Dipsastraea speciosa (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846) accepted as Goniastrea stelligera (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia truncata Veron, 2000 accepted as Dipsastraea truncata (Veron, 2000) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Favia truncatus Veron, 2000 accepted as Dipsastraea truncata (Veron, 2000) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Favia tubulifera Klunzinger, 1879 accepted as Dipsastraea pallida (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia uva (Esper, 1795) accepted as Dipsastraea favus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia valenciennesi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Favites valenciennesii (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia vasta (Klunzinger, 1879) accepted as Favites vasta (Klunzinger, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Favia veroni Moll & Best, 1984 accepted as Dipsastraea veroni (Moll & Best, 1984) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Favia versipora (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Plesiastrea versipora (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Favia vietnamensis Veron, 2000 accepted as Dipsastraea vietnamensis (Veron, 2000) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Favia wakayama (Gardiner, 1899) accepted as Astrea curta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
Species Favia wakayana (Gardiner, 1899) accepted as Astrea curta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia whitfieldi Verrill, 1901 accepted as Favia fragum (Esper, 1793) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Favia wisseli Scheer & Pillai, 1983 accepted as Dipsastraea wisseli (Scheer & Pillai, 1983) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Favia acropora (Linnaeus, 1767) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Favia deformis Eguchi & Shirai, 1977 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Favia dipsacea (Lamarck, 1816) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Favia elongata Eguchi & Shirai, 1977 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Favia irregularis Chevalier, 1971 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Favia lylei Nemenzo, 1984 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Favia ordinata (Verrill, 1866) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Favia rariseptata Eguchi & Shirai, 1977 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Favia rousseaui (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Favia schneideri Studer, 1880 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Favia spongiosa (Dana, 1846) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

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

Original description

Blainville, H.M. de. (1820). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes, EUP-FIK. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. 16: 1-567, Levrault, Strasbourg et Paris. [details]

Descriptive notes

Nomenclature Named after Favia Oken, 1815, which is invalid

Nomenclature Named after Favia Oken, 1815, which is invalid [details]

Description Colonies are usually massive, either flat or dome-shaped. Corallites are monocentric and plocoid: each corallite projects...

Description Colonies are usually massive, either flat or dome-shaped. Corallites are monocentric and plocoid: each corallite projects slightly above the colony surface and has its own wall. Daughter corallites are formed by intratentacular division. Polyps are extended only at night and have a simple circle of tapering tentacles, often with a pigmented tip (Veron, 1986). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Favia De Blainville, 1820. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718691 on 2025-03-24

Taxonomic edit history

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Nomenclature

original description Blainville, H.M. de. (1820). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes, EUP-FIK. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. 16: 1-567, Levrault, Strasbourg et Paris. [details]

original description (of Favia Oken, 1815) Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813]. xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403 [details]

original description (of Barbadiastrea Wells, 1945 †) Wells JW. (1945). American Old and Middle Tertiary larger foraminifera and corals. Part II. West Indian Eocene and Miocene corals. Geological Society of America Memoir. 9 (2): 1-25, pls. 1-3. [details]

original description (of Clypeofavia de Angelis d'Ossat, 1894 †) de Angelis d'Ossat, G. (1894). I corallari dei terreni terziari dell'Italia settentrionale. Atti della reale Academia Lincei, Memorie Classe Scienze fisiche matematiche e naturali, Ser 5a. 1: 164-279, 3 pls. [details]

original description (of Fissicella Dana, 1848 †) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

basis of record Baron-Szabo, R. C. (2018). Nomenclatural notes on the genus Favia (Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Faviina: Faviidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 131(1): 197-201., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/18-00006 [details]

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