Overview
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Faviidae is a family of Scleractinia. Members of this family are widely sought after for the reef aquarium trade.
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- Astreosmilia Duncan, 1867
- Australogyra Veron, 1982
- Barabattoai Yabe and Sugiyama, 1941
- Bikiniastrea Wells, 1954
- Caulastraea Dana, 1846 (candy cane coral)
- Colpophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848
- Cyphastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848
- Diploastrea Matthai, 1914
- Diploria Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848
- Echinopora Lamarck, 1816
- Erythrastrea Pichon, Scheer and Pillai, 1983
- Favia Oken, 1815
- Favites Link, 1807 (moon, pineapple, brain, closed brain, star, worm, or honeycomb coral)
- Goniastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848
- Leptastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848
- Leptoria Milne-Edwar ds and Haime, 1848
- Manicina Ehrenberg, 1834
- Montastraea de Blainville, 1830
- Moseleya Quelch, 1884
- Oulastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848
- Oulophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848
- Parasimplastrea Sheppard, 1985
- Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834
- Plesiastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848
- Solenastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848
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Taxonomy
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The Family Faviidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (47): Agathiphyllia · Antiguastrea · Aphrastraea · Astraeosmilia · Astreosmilia · Australogyra · Barababattoia · Barabattoai · Barabattoia · Bikiniastrea · Caulastraea · Caulastrea · Cereiphyllia · Cladocora · Coelastrea · Coeloria · Colpophyllia · Cyphastraea · Cyphastrea · Diploastrea · Diploria · Echinopora · Erythrastrea · Favia · Favites · Goniastrea · Heliastrea · Hydnophora · Leptastrea · Leptoria · Manicina · Montastraea · Montastrea · Monticulastraea · Moseleya · Myriophyllia · Oulastrea · Oulophyllia · Parasimplastrea · Platygyra · Plesiastrea · Pseudomyriophyllia · Solenastrea · Tarbellastraea · Thegioastraea · Thysanus · Trachyphllia
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 395 species and subspecies in the Family Faviidae.
Genera
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Agathiphyllia
Antiguastrea
Aphrastraea
Astraeosmilia
Astreosmilia
Australogyra
Barababattoia
Barabattoai
Barabattoia
Bikiniastrea
Caulastraea
Caulastrea
Cereiphyllia
Cladocora
Coelastrea
Coeloria
Colpophyllia
Cyphastraea
Cyphastrea
Diploastrea
Diploria
Echinopora
Erythrastrea
Favia
Favites
Goniastrea
Heliastrea
Hydnophora
Leptastrea
Leptoria
Manicina
Montastraea
Montastrea
Monticulastraea
Moseleya
Myriophyllia
Oulastrea
Oulophyllia
Parasimplastrea
Platygyra
Plesiastrea
Pseudomyriophyllia
Solenastrea
Tarbellastraea
Thegioastraea
Thysanus
Trachyphllia
More info about the Genus Trachyphllia may be found here.
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