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Favia dominicensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Taxonomy
Favia dominicensis was named by Vaughan and Hoffmeister (1925). It is not extant. Its type locality is Gabb collection, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Dominican Republic.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. centralis, F. maliriensis, F. pedunculata, F. truncatus, F. valceppii, F. verbeeki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Favia dominicensis Vaughan
1925Favia dominicensis Vaughan and Hoffmeister
2005Favia dominicensis López-Pérez p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyFaviidaeGregory 1900
genusFaviaOken 1815
speciesdominicensis

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.

†Favia dominicensis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-10-10 08:25:59
Modified: 2009-12-16 11:54:53
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Tortonian or 28.10000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Dominican Republic Favia dominicensis (84991)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Favia dominicensis (85798)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Dominican Republic Favia dominicensis (type locality: 124719)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic Favia dominicensis (93774)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Trinidad and Tobago Favia dominicensis (27585 27595)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Favia dominicensis (93796)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama Favia dominicensis (120402 120409)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Favia dominicensis (34515 34517)