Favia stelligera
Type | Description | Download |
Image: | Colony & corallite detail, Rarotonga | 47KB |
Image: | Colony, Guam | 54KB |
Image: | Colony, Guam | 71KB |
Image: | Colony, Guam | 41KB |
Southern Group: +++ Makatea: +++ | ||||||||
RR |
MG |
AT |
MK |
MT |
AK |
PL |
TK |
MN |
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Northern Group: | |||||
TN |
MH |
RK |
PK |
NS |
SW |
Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CNIDARIA (=Coelenterates); ANTHOZOA; ZOANTHARIA (=Hexacorallia); Scleractinia (=Madreporaria); FAVIIDAE
IDENTIFICATION: COLONY hemispherical, columnar, hillocky or flat, up to several metres across. CORALLITES have own walls. SEPTA exsert, dentate and granulated on sides, in 2 indistinct orders, sometimes with a third order of small septa in larger calices. 1st order septa reaching the columella often have uneven paliform lobes. COLUMELLA cross-barred & not easily noticed. THECAE thick. COENOSTEUM smooth, frequently blistered. REPRODUCTION intra-tentacular.
Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimens+photo, Muri lagoon, S.Miller (2001) ID per Veron (AIMS Mono Series), NHP#SM036 - 037, 039; CK- specimens, G.McCormack (1980s?), NHP#070 - 071.
References:
Special Reference: Veron, J.E.N., Pichon, M. & Wijsman-Best, M. (1977). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia. Part II Families Faviidae, Trachypyhlliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series 3. p 20-23.
Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02
McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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