golf ball coral
Favia fragum (Esper, 1793)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Favia fragum (Esper, 1793)
- Name authority
- (Esper, 1793)
- Common name
- golf ball coral
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Faviidae
- Genus
- Favia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumCnidaria
- classAnthozoa
- subclassHexacorallia
- orderScleractinia Bourne, 1900
- suborderVacatina Okubo, 2016
- familyFaviidae Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857
- subfamilyFaviinae Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857
- genusFavia de Blainville, 1820
- speciesFavia fragum (Esper, 1793)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Madrepora fragum Esper, 1793 Esper, 1793 | synonym |
| Astrea ananas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonym |
| Favia ananas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonym |
| Favia coarctata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 | synonym |
| Astraea incerta (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) | synonym |
| Matrepora fragum (Esper, 1793) (Esper, 1793) | synonym |
| Astraea coarctata (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) | synonym |
| Favia incerta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 | synonym |
| Favia whitfieldi Verrill, 1901 Verrill, 1901 | synonym |
| Parastrea fragum (Esper, 1793) (Esper, 1793) | synonym |
| Madrepora fragrum Esper, 1793 Esper, 1793 | synonym |
| Astraea fragum (Esper, 1793) (Esper, 1793) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207432 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3DWMB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.