Overview
zooxanthellate
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Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Marine [1].
Ecology:
This species occurs in shallow, tropical
reef environments. It is
found on upper reef slopes
. This species is found in the outer reef
channel
, on the back and foreslopes of the reef, and in lagoons
.
This species is found from 2-10 m.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 9 Marine Neritic
- 9.8 Marine Neritic - Coral Reef
- 9.8.1 Outer Reef Channel
- 9.8.2 Back Slope
- 9.8.3 Foreslope (Outer Reef Slope)
- 9.8.4 Lagoon [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
()
- Leuckart, 1847
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
()
- Hatschek, 1888
- Cnidarians
- Subphylum:
Anthozoa
()
- (Ehrenberg, 1831) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Corals, Flower Animals
- Subclass:
Zoantharia
()
- Order:
Scleractinia
()
- Bourne, 1900
- Stony Corals
- Suborder:
Faviina
()
- Family:
Faviidae
()
- Gregory, 1900
- Genus:
Favia
()
- Oken, 1815
- Subgenus:
zooxanthellate
()
- Specific name:
albidus
- Veron 2002
- Scientific name: - Favia albidus Veron 2002
- Specific name:
albidus
- Veron 2002
- Subgenus:
zooxanthellate
(
- Genus:
Favia
(
- Family:
Faviidae
(
- Suborder:
Faviina
(
- Order:
Scleractinia
(
- Subclass:
Zoantharia
(
- Subphylum:
Anthozoa
(
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
(
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
(
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Zaldívar-Riverón, A. & Nieto-Montes de Oca,
A. Variation
in the rare lizard Barisia rudicollis (Wiegmann)
(Anguidae) with description
of a new species from Central Mexico.
Herpetologica 58 (3): 313-326, 2002.
Comment: zooxanthellate
Last scrutiny: 2007
Similar Species
Members of the genus Favia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species and subspecies in this genus:
F. danae (Knob Coral) · F. favus (Head Coral) · F. fragum (Golfball Coral) · F. gravida (Knob Coral) · F. helianthoides (Knob Coral) · F. lacuna (Knob Coral) · F. laxa (Knob Coral) · F. leptophylla (Knob Coral) · F. lizardensis (Knob Coral) · F. maritima (Knob Coral) · F. marshae (Knob Coral) · F. matthaii (Knob Coral) · F. maxima (Knob Coral) · F. pallida (Knob Coral) · F. rosaria (Knob Coral) · F. rotumana (Knob Coral) · F. rotundata (Knob Coral) · F. speciosa (Knob Coral) · F. stelligera (Knob Coral) · F. truncatus (Knob Coral) · F. veroni (Knob Coral) · F. vietnamensis (Knob Coral) · F. wisseli (Knob Coral)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 127.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
- DeVantier, L., Hodgson, G., Huang, D., Johan, O., Licuanan, A., Obura, D., Sheppard, C., Syahrir, M. & Turak, E. 2008. Favia albidus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land (from URMO).
- URMO: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. Release date: November 18, 2008
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3867324
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-Cn-5535
- IUCN ID: 209563
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 605170
Footnotes
- DeVantier, L., Hodgson, G., Huang, D., Johan, O., Licuanan, A., Obura, D., Sheppard, C., Syahrir, M. & Turak, E. 2008. Favia albidus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
