Favia fragum
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Hoeksema, Bert
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Favia fragum (Esper, 1793)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Favia fragum (Esper, 1793). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207432 on 2026-08-01
created: 1997-02-03T15:17:27Z
modified: 2022-05-29T08:08:19Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Favia fragum (Esper, 1793)
class: Hexacorallia
family: Faviidae
genus: Favia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Esper, E.J.C. (1788-1830). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. Raspischen Buchhandlung, Nuremberg. 3 vols text, 2 vols pls.
name published in: Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2. 19: 279-365, pls 1-10.
name published in: Verrill A. E. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 11: 63-168.
name published in year: 1788-1830
name published in year: 1860
name published in year: 1901
order: Scleractinia
parent name usage ID: 718691
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Esper, 1793)
specific epithet: fragum
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted