Overview
zooxanthellate
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Near Threatened |
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Knob Coral
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,371 meters (0 to -14,341 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Ecology:
This species occurs in shallow reef environments. This species is
found on the back and foreslope of the reef and in lagoons
. This
species is found to 25 m.
[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 9 Marine Neritic
- 9.8 Marine Neritic - Coral Reef
- 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:
laxa
- (Klunzinger 1879)
- Scientific name: - Favia laxa (Klunzinger 1879)
- Specific name:
laxa
- (Klunzinger 1879)
- 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
.
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)
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Further Reading
- Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- url p. 103, p. 225.
- 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, p. 160.
- Checklist of fish and invertebrates listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 111.
- Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1908-42. url p. 103, p. 225.
- World Checklist of Fish and Invertebrates Listed in the CITES Appendices Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 106.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- 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 laxa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- 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
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - GBR Nearshore Coral Diversity (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - LTM Nearshore Corals (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Hexacoral Database
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
- National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2566346
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-Cn-5543
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14577490
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 53272
- IUCN ID: 209569
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 605179
Footnotes
- Mean = -549.170 meters (-1,801.739 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,077.130 based on 24 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- DeVantier, L., Hodgson, G., Huang, D., Johan, O., Licuanan, A., Obura, D., Sheppard, C., Syahrir, M. & Turak, E. 2008. Favia laxa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
