82 Species in Family Faviidae
Nominal species list for Faviidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Australogyra zelli (Veron, Pichon & Best, 1977)
Barabattoia mirabilis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941
Colpophyllia amaranthus (Müller, 1775)
Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772) Boulder brain coral
Cyphastrea agassizi (Vaughan, 1907)
Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forsskål, 1775)
Cyphastrea decadia Moll & Best, 1984
Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000
Cyphastrea japonica Yabe & Sugiyama, 1932 Lesser knob coral
Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck, 1816)
Cyphastrea ocellina (Dana, 1846)
Cyphastrea serailia (Forsskål, 1775)
Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816) Double star coral
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758) Grooved brain coral
Echinopora ashmorensis Veron, 1990
Echinopora forskaliana (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849)
Echinopora fruticulosa (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Echinopora gemmacea (Lamarck, 1816)
Echinopora grandicula Claereboudt, 2006
Echinopora hirsutissima Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849 Prickly-pored coral
Echinopora horrida Dana, 1846
Echinopora irregularis Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000
Echinopora lamellosa (Esper, 1791) Blue chalice
Echinopora mammiformis (Nemenzo, 1959)
Echinopora pacifica Veron, 1990 Hedgehog coral
Echinopora robusta Veron, 2000
Echinopora taylorae Veron, 2002
Echinopora tiranensis Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000
Favia danae Verrill, 1872
Favia fragum (Esper, 1793) Golfball coral
Favia gravida Verrill, 1868
Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)
Favia wisseli Scheer & Pillai, 1983
Isophyllia rigida (Dana, 1848) Rough star coral
Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Sinuous cactus coral
Leptastrea aequalis Veron, 2000
Leptastrea bewickensis Veron, Pichon & Best, 1977 Bewick's coral
Leptastrea bottae (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849)
Leptastrea inaequalis Klunzinger, 1879
Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952
Leptastrea purpurea (Dana, 1846)
Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger, 1879 Crust coral
Leptoria irregularis Veron, 1990 Least Valley coral
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758) Rose coral
Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1766) Great star coral
Moseleya latistellata Quelch, 1884
Mussa angulosa (Pallas, 1766) Large flower coral
Mussismilia braziliensis (Verrill, 1868)
Mussismilia harttii (Verrill, 1868)
Mussismilia hispida (Verrill, 1901)
Mussismilia leptophylla (Verrill, 1868)
Mycetophyllia aliciae Wells, 1973 Knobby cactus coral
Mycetophyllia danaana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Mycetophyllia ferox Wells, 1973 Rough cactus coral
Mycetophyllia lamarckiana Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 Ridged cactus coral
Mycetophyllia reesi Wells, 1973 Ridgeless cactus coral
Oulastrea crispata (Lamarck, 1816) Zebra coral
Oulophyllia bennettae (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977) Intermediate valley coral
Oulophyllia crispa (Lamarck, 1816) Large polyp stone coral
Oulophyllia levis (Nemenzo, 1959)
Oulophyllia wellsi (Ma, 1959)
Platygyra acuta Veron, 2000 Lesser valley coral
Platygyra carnosa Veron, 2000
Platygyra contorta Veron, 1990
Platygyra crosslandi (Matthai, 1928)
Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Brain coral
Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Platygyra pini Chevalier, 1975
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1936 Maze brain coral
Platygyra sinensis (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849)
Platygyra verweyi Wijsman-Best, 1976
Platygyra yaeyamaensis (Eguchi & Shirai, 1977)
Plesiastrea versipora (Lamarck, 1816) Small knob coral
Pseudodiploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Knobby brain coral
Pseudodiploria strigosa (Dana, 1846) Symmetrical brain coral
Scolymia cubensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Artichoke coral
Scolymia lacera (Pallas, 1766) Atlantic mushroom coral
Scolymia wellsii Laborel, 1967
Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849 Smooth star coral
Solenastrea hyades (Dana, 1846) Knobby star coral
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