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Favites pentagona

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora pentagona was named by Esper (1794).

It was recombined as Prionastraea pentagona by Klunzinger (1879); it was recombined as Favites pentagona by Vaughan (1918).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. fungiformis, F. gajensis, F. tenuiseptata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1794Madrepora pentagona Esper
1879Prionastraea pentagona Klunzinger
1918Favites pentagona Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusFavitesLink 1807
speciespentagona(Esper 1794)

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.

†Favites pentagona Esper 1794
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) Favites pentagona (124826)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) Favites sp. 1 (45341)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji Favites pentagona (124833)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Favites pentagona (45343)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Favites pentagona (42736)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Timor) Favites pentagona (62863)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Favites pentagona (80954)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) Prionastraea pentagona (109651)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia (South Sulawesi) Favites pentagona (124789 124790 124792)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Favites pentagona (87893 87976)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Favites pentagona (88044 88051)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Favites pentagona (87873)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Favites pentagona (103251 103256 103265)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Favites pentagona (80721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Favites pentagona (176527 176530 176533 176534)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) Favites pentagona (109185)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Favites pentagona (184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Favites pentagona (80955 80962 80963 201412 201414 201440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) Favites pentagona (109187)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu Favites pentagona (97442)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India Favites pentagona (165793)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Egypt (Red Sea) Favites pentagona (234289)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Favites pentagona (96956)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Saudi Arabia (Jazan) Favites pentagona (234287)