Faviidae
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Faviidae is a family of Scleractinia
. Members of this family are widely sought after for the reef aquarium trade.
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