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Favia is a genus of reef-building stony corals in the family Mussidae. Members of the genus are massive or thickly encrusting colonial corals, either dome-shaped or flat, and a few are foliaceous. There is a great diversity of form even among individuals of the same species. The corallites project slightly above the surface of the coral and each has its own wall. In most species, the corallites are plocoid and in some, monocentric. The septa and costae linked to the corallite wall are well developed and covered by fine teeth. The polyps only extend and feed during the night. Each one has a small number of tapering tentacles which often have a darker coloured tip; these are called stinger tentacles, or sweeper tentacles. They use these to sweep the water to see if any other coral is in its

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  • Favia is a genus of reef-building stony corals in the family Mussidae. Members of the genus are massive or thickly encrusting colonial corals, either dome-shaped or flat, and a few are foliaceous. There is a great diversity of form even among individuals of the same species. The corallites project slightly above the surface of the coral and each has its own wall. In most species, the corallites are plocoid and in some, monocentric. The septa and costae linked to the corallite wall are well developed and covered by fine teeth. The polyps only extend and feed during the night. Each one has a small number of tapering tentacles which often have a darker coloured tip; these are called stinger tentacles, or sweeper tentacles. They use these to sweep the water to see if any other coral is in its area; if so, then they begin to sting the other coral. This is commonly known as coral war. Each coral is trying to make sure it has enough room around it so it can continue to grow and have more surface area for its offspring. The columella is parietal and spongy, and there are vesicles on both the endotheca and exotheca. Members of this genus are widespread in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-Pacific. (en)
  • Favia es un género de corales de la familia Mussidae. Pertenece al grupo de los corales hermatípicos, del orden Scleractinia. (es)
  • Favia est un genre de coraux scléractiniaires de la famille des Faviidae. (fr)
  • Favia De Blainville, 1820 è un genere di madrepore della famiglia Faviidae. (it)
  • Favia is een geslacht van rifkoralen uit de familie Mussidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van het geslacht werd in 1815 voorgesteld door in Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Alle namen in dat werk van Oken werden echter in 1956 door de ICZN afgewezen als "niet geldig gepubliceerd". De namen bleven daarmee wél beschikbaar, en de eerstvolgende die de naam geldig had gepubliceerd was in 1857 Henri Milne-Edwards. De verspreiding van het geslacht is beperkt tot de Atlantische Oceaan. (nl)
  • Favia är ett släkte av koralldjur. Favia ingår i familjen Faviidae. Kladogram enligt Catalogue of Life: (sv)
  • 菊珊瑚属(学名:Favia)为菊珊瑚科的一个属。 (zh)
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  • Milne Edwards, 1857 (en)
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  • Favia favus, Red Sea, Egypt (en)
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  • * Favia (Oken, 1815) (en)
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  • Favia (en)
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  • Favia es un género de corales de la familia Mussidae. Pertenece al grupo de los corales hermatípicos, del orden Scleractinia. (es)
  • Favia est un genre de coraux scléractiniaires de la famille des Faviidae. (fr)
  • Favia De Blainville, 1820 è un genere di madrepore della famiglia Faviidae. (it)
  • Favia is een geslacht van rifkoralen uit de familie Mussidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van het geslacht werd in 1815 voorgesteld door in Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Alle namen in dat werk van Oken werden echter in 1956 door de ICZN afgewezen als "niet geldig gepubliceerd". De namen bleven daarmee wél beschikbaar, en de eerstvolgende die de naam geldig had gepubliceerd was in 1857 Henri Milne-Edwards. De verspreiding van het geslacht is beperkt tot de Atlantische Oceaan. (nl)
  • Favia är ett släkte av koralldjur. Favia ingår i familjen Faviidae. Kladogram enligt Catalogue of Life: (sv)
  • 菊珊瑚属(学名:Favia)为菊珊瑚科的一个属。 (zh)
  • Favia is a genus of reef-building stony corals in the family Mussidae. Members of the genus are massive or thickly encrusting colonial corals, either dome-shaped or flat, and a few are foliaceous. There is a great diversity of form even among individuals of the same species. The corallites project slightly above the surface of the coral and each has its own wall. In most species, the corallites are plocoid and in some, monocentric. The septa and costae linked to the corallite wall are well developed and covered by fine teeth. The polyps only extend and feed during the night. Each one has a small number of tapering tentacles which often have a darker coloured tip; these are called stinger tentacles, or sweeper tentacles. They use these to sweep the water to see if any other coral is in its (en)
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  • Favia (en)
  • Favia (es)
  • Favia (fr)
  • Favia (zoologia) (it)
  • Favia (nl)
  • Favia (sv)
  • 菊珊瑚属 (zh)
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