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Golfball Coral

Favia fragum (Esper 1795)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Favia fragum (Esper 1795)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Favia fragum
Species recognized by wikipedia NL, wikipedia VI, Cape Verde Species List, Colombia Species List, Jamaica Species List, Panama Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Saint Martin Species List, The Bahamas Species List, Turks and Caicos Islands Species List, Venezuela Species List, Mexico Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, North Atlantic Species List, South Atlantic Species List, and NCBI
Favia fragum
Recognized by Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
Favia fragum (Esper 1788)
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Favia fragum (Esper 1795)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, and Mozambique Species List
Favia fragum (Esper 1795)
Recognized by Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington
Favia fragum
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia FR, CITES, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikipedia (inferred records), Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Favia fragum
Recognized by coraltraits
Favia fragum (Esper 1793)
Species recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, iNaturalist, and World Register of Marine Species
Favia fragum (Esper 1793)
Recognized by NMNH Collection
Favia fragum (Esper 1795)
Species recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy and Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Favia fragum (Esper 1795)
Recognized by Scleractinia Lifestyle
Favia fragum (Esper 1797)
Species recognized by IUCN
Madrepora fragum
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Alternative Names

Astraea coarctata (Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Astraea fragum (Esper 1793)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Astraea incerta (Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Favia ananas (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Favia coarctata Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Favia incerta Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Favia whitfieldi Verrill 1901
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Madrepora ananas Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Madrepora fragum Esper 1793
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Parastrea fragum (Esper 1793)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Astraea fragum (Esper 1795)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Madrepora fragum Esper 1795
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Astraea coarctata (Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Astraea coarctata (Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Astraea fragum (Esper 1793)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Astraea fragum (Esper 1793)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Astraea incerta (Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Astraea incerta (Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Astrea ananas (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Favia ananas (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Favia ananas (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Favia coarctata
Synonym according to CITES
Favia coarctata Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Favia coarctata Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Favia incerta
Synonym according to CITES
Favia incerta Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Favia incerta Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Favia whitfieldi
Synonym according to CITES
Favia whitfieldi Verrill 1901
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Favia whitfieldi Verrill 1901
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Madrepora ananas Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Madrepora ananas Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Madrepora fragrum
Synonym according to CITES
Madrepora fragrum Esper 1793
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Madrepora fragum
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Madrepora fragum Esper 1793
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Madrepora fragum Esper 1793
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Matrepora fragum (Esper 1793)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Parastrea fragum
Synonym according to CITES
Parastrea fragum (Esper 1793)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Parastrea fragum (Esper 1793)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

Golfball Coral preferred
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names
Small Star Coral
prefer
Recognized by CITES
golf ball coral
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
golfball coral
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
small star coral
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
star coral
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

French

Corail balle de golf preferred
Recognized by CITES

Spanish; Castilian

Coral empelotado preferred
Recognized by CITES

Curated hierarchies for Favia fragum (Esper 1795)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia Haeckel 1896
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Faviidae Milne Edwards & Haime 1857
Faviinae Milne Edwards & Haime 1857
Favia De Blainville 1820
Favia fragum (Esper 1795) (this page)
Favia corollaris Reuss 1871
Favia dipsacea (Lamarck 1816)
Favia dominicensis Vaughan 1925
Favia favioides (Wells 1945)
Favia gravida Verrill 1868
Favia gregoryi Wells 1935
Favia hannai Durham 1942
Favia lylei Nemenzo 1984
Favia maastrichtensis Umbgrove 1925
Favia macdonaldi Vaughan 1919
Favia macrocalyx Felix 1913
Favia maliriensis Duncan 1880
Favia maoadentrensis Budd & Johnson 1999
Favia minutissima Duncan 1869
Favia pedunculata Duncan 1880
Favia planissima Umbgrove 1925
Favia somaliensis Gregory 1900
Favia uva (Esper 1795)
Favia vokesae Budd & Johnson 1999
Favia weisbordi Wells 1934

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Faviidae Milne Edwards & Haime 1857
Faviinae Milne Edwards & Haime 1857
Favia De Blainville 1820
Favia fragum (Esper 1793) (this page)
Favia clarki Durham 1946
Favia corollaris Reuss 1871
Favia cylindracea Michelotti 1861
Favia dominicensis Vaughan 1925
Favia favioides (Wells 1945)
Favia gravida Verrill 1868
Favia gregoryi Wells 1935
Favia macdonaldi Vaughan 1919
Favia maoadentrensis Budd & Johnson 1999
Favia minima Osasco 1887
Favia minutissima Duncan 1869
Favia ponderosa Michelotti 1871
Favia profunda Reuss 1873
Favia pulcherrima Michelotti 1871
Favia subdenticulata (Catullo 1856)
Favia vokesae Budd & Johnson 1999
Favia weisbordi Wells 1934

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia Haeckel 1896
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Faviidae Milne Edwards & Haime 1857
Faviinae Milne Edwards & Haime 1857
Favia De Blainville 1820
Favia fragum (Esper 1795) (this page)
Favia corollaris Reuss 1871
Favia dipsacea (Lamarck 1816)
Favia dominicensis Vaughan 1925
Favia favioides (Wells 1945)
Favia gravida Verrill 1868
Favia gregoryi Wells 1935
Favia hannai Durham 1942
Favia lylei Nemenzo 1984
Favia maastrichtensis Umbgrove 1925
Favia macdonaldi Vaughan 1919
Favia macrocalyx Felix 1913
Favia maliriensis Duncan 1880
Favia maoadentrensis Budd & Johnson 1999
Favia minutissima Duncan 1869
Favia pedunculata Duncan 1880
Favia planissima Umbgrove 1925
Favia somaliensis Gregory 1900
Favia uva (Esper 1795)
Favia vokesae Budd & Johnson 1999
Favia weisbordi Wells 1934

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Faviidae
Favia
Favia fragum (Esper 1795) (this page)
Favia gravida Verrill 1868
Favia leptophylla Verrill 1868

GBIF classification

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Faviidae
Favia De Blainville 1820
Favia fragum (Esper 1795) (this page)
Favia coarctata Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Favia conferta de Fromentel 1857
Favia cotteaui de Fromentel 1861
Favia deformis Eguchi & Shirai 1977
Favia delgadoi Koby 1905
Favia dendroidea Koby 1905
Favia dipsacea Audouin & Savigny 1825
Favia elongata Eguchi & Shirai 1977
Favia fromenteli de Ferry 1861
Favia gemmata Koby 1905
Favia gravida Verrill 1868
Favia gresslyi Étallon 1864
Favia hannai Durham
Favia hawaiiensis Vaughan
Favia hemisphaerica de Fromentel 1857
Favia leptophylla Verrill 1868
Favia lylei Nemenzo 1984
Favia macdonaldi Vaughan 1919
Favia magniflora Étallon 1864
Favia maliriensis Duncan 1880
Favia merriami Vaughan 1900
Favia pedunculata Duncan 1880
Favia pentagona Esper
Favia pentalofonensis Chevalier 1955
Favia plana de Fromentel 1857
Favia rariseptata Eguchi & Shirai 1977
Favia schneideri Studer 1880
Favia solidior (Milne Edwards & Haime)
Favia whitfieldi Verrill 1902

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Cnidaria Hatschek 1888
Anthozoa
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Faviina Vaughan & Wells 1943
Faviidae Gregory 1900
Favia Oken 1815
Favia fragum (Esper 1795) (this page)
Favia conferta Verrill 1868
Favia danae Verrill 1872
Favia doreyensis
Favia favus (Forskål 1775)
Favia gravida Verrill 1868
Favia helianthoides Wells 1954
Favia laxa (Klunzinger 1879)
Favia leptophylla Verrill 1868
Favia lizardensis Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best 1977
Favia maritima (Nemenzo 1971)
Favia matthaii Vaughan 1918
Favia maxima Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best 1977
Favia pallida (Dana 1846)
Favia rotumana (Gardiner 1899)
Favia rotundata (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best 1977)
Favia speciosa (Dana 1846)
Favia stelligera (Dana 1846)
Favia veroni Moll & Best 1984
Favia wisseli Scheer & Pillai 1983

IUCN

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Faviidae
Favia fragum (Esper 1797) (this page)
Barabattoia amicorum (Milne Edwards & Haime 1850)
Barabattoia laddi (Wells 1954)
Caulastrea connata (Ortmann 1892)
Caulastrea echinulata (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Caulastrea furcata Dana 1846
Caulastrea tumida Matthai 1928
Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus 1767)
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772)
Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål 1775)
Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron Turak & De Vantier 2000
Cyphastrea ocellina (Dana 1864)
Cyphastrea serailia (Forskål 1775)
Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck 1816)
Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus 1758)
Diploria strigosa (Dana 1848)
Echinopora ashmorensis Veron 1990
Echinopora fruticulosa (Ehrenberg 1834)
Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816
Echinopora grandicula Claereboudt 2006
Echinopora hirsutissima Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Echinopora horrida Dana 1846
Echinopora irregularis Veron Turak & De Vantier 2000
Echinopora lamellosa (Esper 1795)
Echinopora mammiformis (Nemenzo 1959)
Echinopora pacificus Veron 1990
Echinopora robusta Veron 2002
Echinopora taylorae (Veron 2002)
Echinopora tiranensis Veron Turak & De Vantier 2000
Favia albidus Veron 2002
Favia danae Verrill 1872
Favia lacuna Veron Turak & De Vantier 2000
Favia laxa (Klunzinger 1879)
Favia leptophylla Verrill 1868
Favia lizardensis Veron & Pichon 1977
Favia marshae Veron 2002
Favia maxima Veron Pichon & Wijsman-Best 1972
Favia pallida (Dana 1846)
Favia rosaria Veron 2002
Favia rotumana (Gardiner 1899)
Favia rotundata Veron Pichon & Wijsman-Best 1972
Favia speciosa Dana 1846
Favia truncatus Veron 2002
Favia veroni Moll & Borel-Best 1984
Favia vietnamensis Veron 2002
Favites abdita (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Favites acuticollis (Ortmann 1889)
Favites complanata (Ehrenberg 1834)
Favites flexuosa (Dana 1846)
Favites halicora (Ehrenberg 1834)
Favites pentagona (Esper 1794)
Favites russelli (Wells 1954)
Favites vasta (Klunzinger 1879)
Goniastrea aspera Verrill 1905
Goniastrea australensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1857)
Goniastrea columella Crossland 1948
Goniastrea deformis Veron 1990
Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971
Goniastrea favulus (Dana 1846)
Goniastrea minuta Veron 2002
Goniastrea pectinata (Ehrenberg 1834)
Goniastrea ramosa Veron 2002
Leptastrea aequalis Veron 2002
Leptastrea bewickensis Veron & Pichon 1977
Leptastrea bottae (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Leptastrea inaequalis Klunzinger 1879
Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland 1952
Leptastrea purpurea (Dana 1846)
Leptoria irregularis Veron 1990
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Manicina areolata (Linnaeus 1758)
Montastraea annularis (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus 1766)
Montastraea faveolata (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Montastraea franksi (Gregory 1895)
Montastrea annuligera (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Montastrea colemani Veron 2002
Montastrea curta (Dana 1846)
Montastrea magnistellata Chevalier 1971
Montastrea multipunctata Hodgson 1985
Montastrea salebrosa (Nemenzo 1959)
Montastrea serageldini Veron 2002
Montastrea valenciennesi (Milne Edwards & Haime 1848)
Moseleya latistellata Quelch 1884
Oulastrea crispata (Lamarck 1816)
Oulophyllia bennettae (Veron & Pichon 1977)
Oulophyllia crispa (Lamarck 1816)
Oulophyllia levis Nemenzo 1959
Platygyra acuta Veron 2002
Platygyra contorta Veron 1990
Platygyra crosslandi Matthai 1928
Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe & Sugiyama 1936
Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Platygyra verweyi Wijsman-Best 1976
Platygyra yaeyamaensis Eguchi & Shirai 1977
Plesiastrea devantieri Veron 2002
Plesiastrea versipora (Lamarck 1816)
Solenastrea hyades (Dana 1846)
29 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Faviina
Mussidae
Faviinae
Favia
Favia fragum (this page)
Favia danae
Favia gravida
Favia helianthoides
Favia leptophylla
Favia maxima
Favia pallida
Favia rosaria
Favia rotundata
Favia stelligera
Favia truncatus
unclassified Favia

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Radiata
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Oculinidae
Madrepora
Madrepora fragum (this page)
Madrepora angulosa
Madrepora arbuscula
Madrepora areolata
Madrepora astroites
Madrepora caespitosa
Madrepora carolina
Madrepora cerebrum
Madrepora cespitosa
Madrepora cinerascens
Madrepora circinata
Madrepora corymbites
Madrepora crater
Madrepora demanni
Madrepora detrita
Madrepora dianthus
Madrepora dichotoma
Madrepora disticha
Madrepora eburneus
Madrepora edwardsii
Madrepora elliptica
Madrepora esperi
Madrepora expansa
Madrepora faveolata
Madrepora favus
Madrepora flabilis
Madrepora flexuosa
Madrepora gemmascens
Madrepora gonagra
Madrepora horizontalis
Madrepora impressa
Madrepora indica
Madrepora investigatoris
Madrepora kauaiensis
Madrepora labyrinthiformis
Madrepora limitata
Madrepora mexicana
Madrepora minima
Madrepora minutiseptum
Madrepora oculata
Madrepora pallida
Madrepora papillosa
Madrepora parvistella
Madrepora patinaeformis
Madrepora pelewensis
Madrepora philippinensis
Madrepora pleiades
Madrepora poculenta
Madrepora porcellana
Madrepora profunda
Madrepora quadrata
Madrepora radicans
Madrepora ramea
Madrepora ramiculosa
Madrepora remota
Madrepora repens
Madrepora rousseauii
Madrepora rudis
Madrepora scabricula
Madrepora securis
Madrepora subaquila
Madrepora subtilis
Madrepora superba
Madrepora teres
Madrepora uva
Madrepora vagabunda
Madrepora vastula
Madrepora verrucaria
Madrepora vitiae

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Radiata
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Faviidae
Favia
Favia fragum (this page)
Favia albidus
Favia amicorum
Favia bestae
Favia conforta
Favia danae
Favia denticulata
Favia favus
Favia gravida
Favia helianthoides
Favia lacuna
Favia laxa
Favia leptophylla
Favia lizardensis
Favia maritima
Favia marshae
Favia matthaii
Favia maxima
Favia pallida
Favia rosaria
Favia rotumana
Favia rotundata
Favia stelligera
Favia truncatus
Favia veroni
Favia vietnamensis
Favia wisseli

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Faviidae
Favia
Favia fragum (Esper 1793) (this page)
Favia aquitaniensis Chevalier 1961
Favia beaumaderiensis Chevalier 1961
Favia centralis (de Angelis d'Ossat 1894)
Favia clarki Durham 1946
Favia corollaris Reuss 1871
Favia cretacea Morycowa 1971
Favia cylindracea Michelotti 1861
Favia dominicensis Vaughan 1925
Favia falloti Chevalier 1961
Favia favioides (Wells 1945)
Favia gravida Verrill 1868
Favia gregoryi Wells 1935
Favia kabyliensis Chevalier 1961
Favia macdonaldi Vaughan 1919
Favia maoadentrensis Budd & Johnson 1999
Favia melitae Chevalier 1961
Favia minima Osasco 1887
Favia minutissima Duncan 1869
Favia oishii Eguchi 1951
Favia ponderosa Michelotti 1871
Favia profunda Reuss 1873
Favia pulcherrima Michelotti 1871
Favia subdenticulata (Catullo 1856)
Favia vokesae Budd & Johnson 1999
Favia weisbordi Wells 1934
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