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Genus Favia Oken 1815. One of the most widely distributed (though not
that common) genera of stony corals. Most corallites circular, uniform in
appearance. Plocoid (corallites that are conical with their own walls). Genus
and family named for Greek: "Honeycomb" (favus) which the regular
size, arrangement of corallites approaches.
| Favia albidus Veron 2000. Usually small, rounded
colonies. Corallites crowded, monocentric with thickened septa which
extend as large teeth over the corallite wall. Red Sea endemic. DF macro
image. |
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| Favia fagrum (Esper 1797). Small colonies that may be
encrusting or hemispherical. Corallites of variable shape, with one to
many mouths. Bahamas and aquarium images. |
 
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| Favia favus (Forskaal 1775). Massive or flat colonies.
Slightly irregular, conical corallites of about 12 mm diameter. N.
Sulawesi
images. |
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| Favia laxa (Klunzinger 1879). Hemispherical colonies
whose corallites are conical, showing both extra- and intertentacular
budding. Paliform lobes look like an internal crown. Fine line of
demarcation between costae. Pale to pinkish brown in color. Common in the
Red Sea where this picture was made. |
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| Favia maxima Veron and Pichon 1977. Small, massive
colonies. Corallites with regular, thick septa. Crown-like paliform lobing
between the corallites. Cebu, Philippines image. |
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| Favia cf. pallida (Dana 1846). Hemispherical colonies
of rounded, crowned corallites of about 10 mm. in diameter. Septa
regular/uniform. Distributed from the Red Sea, East Africa to the
Tuamotus. Image made in Nuka Hiva, Marquesas, Polynesia. |
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| Favia speciosa Dana 1846. Massive colonies,
corallites closer/further distanced depending on depth. Further apart with
increase. Many color varieties with contrasting schemes. Aquarium
photo. |
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| Favia rotundata (Veron and Pichon 1977). Domed to
flat in shape. Corallites larger than many Favias, to 22 mm in diameter.
Fleshy in appearance. Red Sea images. |
 
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| Favia stelligera (Dana 1846). Colonies of round to
columnar/colonial in appearance, sometimes a few meters across. Uniform
septa and walls (not shared). Brown to green in color. Red Sea upper gulf
photos. |
 
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Genus Favites Similar to the Genus Favia, but with Cerioid
corallites. Massive, boulder like colonies, with corallites sharing walls.)
| Favites abdita (Ellis and Solander 1876). Colonies
massive, rounded or hillocky. Corallites likewise rounded, with thick
walls. Septa straight, with exsert teeth. Below: Bunaken, Sulawesi, Indonesia and
Right: Red Sea images where it is common. |
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| Favites complanata (Ehrenberg 1834). Colonies
massive, with corallites slightly angled, with thick walls. Paliform lobes
weak, septae strong. Costae form a "star" where three corallites
converge. |
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| Favites flexuosa (Dana 1846). Hemispherical or flat
colonies. Corallites deep with contrasting colored septa and centers.
Septal teeth large, paliform lobes weak. Red Sea image. |
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| Favites halicora (Ehrenberg, 1834). Typically made up
of irregular massive shapes. Corallites 11-13 mm in diameter. Yellow-tan
to greenish color. Here in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea and
Fiji. |
 
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Genus Goniastrea Milne Edwards and Haime 1848. Massive colonies of
thick, encrusting plates to large boulders. Corallites either circular or
elongate, tightly packed, share interconnecting walls and calices.
| Goniastrea aspera Verrill 1905. Corallites with
angular shape, with long, thick septa. Often have light colored central
areas. Aquarium image. |
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| Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971. Corallites
slightly angular, with thick, rounded walls. Irregular septa that taper
toward the columella. Thick paliform lobes. Tan to brown in color,
possibly with orange centers. Red Sea image. Common, up to or more than a
meter across. |
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| Goniastrea ramosa Veron 2000. Small irregular
colonies that look like clumps of small branches sticking straight out.
The only branching member of the genus. Bunaken, Sulawesi, Indonesia
image. |
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| Goniastrea retiformis (Lamarck 1816). Common species
in its wide range. Colonies encrusting to hilly to columnar to
boulder-like. To over a meter in diameter. Corallites four to six sided,
with alternating series of septa that are thin-walled and straight. Fiji
images. |
 
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