Faviidae
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Faviidae is a family of Scleractinia
Scleractinia
Scleractinia, also called stony corals, are exclusively marine animals; they are very similar to sea anemones but generate a hard skeleton. They first appeared in the Middle Triassic and replaced tabulate and rugose corals that went extinct at the end of the Permian...

. Members of this family are widely sought after for the reef aquarium trade.

Genera

  • Astreosmilia Duncan, 1867
  • Australogyra Veron, 1982
  • Barabattoai Yabe and Sugiyama, 1941
  • Bikiniastrea Wells, 1954
  • Caulastraea Dana, 1846
  • 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
  • Goniastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848
  • Leptastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848
  • Leptoria Milne-Edwards 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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