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 -6,737 meters (0 to -22,103 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Ecology:
This species occurs in shallow reef environments where water movement
is strong
. It prefers tropical
reef habitats. It is commonly found
from 3-15 m
, rarely from 1-2 m, in the South China Sea
and Gulf
of
Siam (Titlyanov and Titlyanova 2002). This species is found on subtidal
rock and rocky reefs, in the outer reef channel, on the back and
foreslope, and can be found in lagoons
. This species is found to
20 m.
[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 9 Marine Neritic
- 9.2 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs
- 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:
stelligera
- (Dana 1846)
- Scientific name: - Favia stelligera (Dana 1846)
- Specific name:
stelligera
- (Dana 1846)
- 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
- Atoll research bulletin. Washington, D.C.: [Smithsonian Press url p. 55.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 191.
- Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- url , p. 101, p. 102, p. 103, p. 212, p. 225, p. 58, p. 64, p. 71.
- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 150.
- 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.
- Checklist of fish and invertebrates listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 112.
- Coral Reefs of the World. url p. 66, p. 70.
- Fossil corals from Central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico: with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and recent coral reefs / By Thomas Wayland Vaughan. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1919. url p. 191.
- Palaeontographica Americana. Ithaca, N.Y.: Paleontological Research Institution, url p. 38, p. 74.
- Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1908-42. url p. 101, p. 102, p. 103, p. 212, p. 225, p. 58, p. 71.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 92.
- The Natural history of Enewetak Atoll / edited by Dennis M. Devaney. .. [et al.]; prepared by Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy. Oak Ridge, Tenn.: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Health and Environmental Research, Ecological Research Division, c1987. url p. 136, p. 75.
- World Checklist of Fish and Invertebrates Listed in the CITES Appendices Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 106, p. 145, p. 154.
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 stelligera. 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 - Bioresources Library (OBIS Australia)
- 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: 2566354
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-Cn-5555
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14577490
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 53266
- IUCN ID: 209581
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 605192
Footnotes
- Mean = -1,110.160 meters (-3,642.257 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,396.220 based on 55 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 stelligera. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
