All Species
88 Species in Family Faviidae
Nominal species list for Faviidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849 Smooth star coral
Solenastrea hyades (Dana, 1846) Knobby star coral
Scolymia wellsii Laborel, 1967
Scolymia lacera (Pallas, 1766) Atlantic mushroom coral
Scolymia cubensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Artichoke coral
Pseudodiploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Knobby brain coral
Pseudodiploria strigosa (Dana, 1846) Symmetrical brain coral
Plesiastrea versipora (Lamarck, 1816) Small knob coral
Platygyra verweyi Wijsman-Best, 1976
Platygyra yaeyamaensis (Eguchi & Shirai, 1977)
Platygyra sinensis (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849)
Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Platygyra pini Chevalier, 1975
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1936 Maze brain coral
Platygyra crosslandi (Matthai, 1928)
Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Brain coral
Platygyra contorta Veron, 1990
Platygyra carnosa Veron, 2000
Platygyra acuta Veron, 2000 Lesser valley coral
Oulophyllia wellsi (Ma, 1959)
Oulophyllia levis (Nemenzo, 1959)
Oulophyllia crispa (Lamarck, 1816) Large polyp stone coral
Oulophyllia bennettae (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977) Intermediate valley coral
Oulastrea crispata (Lamarck, 1816) Zebra coral
Mycetophyllia reesi Wells, 1973 Ridgeless cactus coral
Mycetophyllia lamarckiana Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 Ridged cactus coral
Mycetophyllia ferox Wells, 1973 Rough cactus coral
Mycetophyllia aliciae Wells, 1973 Knobby cactus coral
Mycetophyllia danaana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Mussismilia hispida (Verrill, 1901)
Mussismilia leptophylla (Verrill, 1868)
Mussismilia braziliensis (Verrill, 1868)
Mussismilia harttii (Verrill, 1868)
Mussa angulosa (Pallas, 1766) Large flower coral
Moseleya latistellata Quelch, 1884
Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1766) Great star coral
Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758) Rose coral
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Leptoria irregularis Veron, 1990 Least Valley coral
Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger, 1879 Crust coral
Leptastrea purpurea (Dana, 1846)
Leptastrea magaloni Benzoni & Arrigoni, 2020
Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952
Leptastrea inaequalis Klunzinger, 1879
Leptastrea bottae (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849)
Leptastrea gibbosa Benzoni & Arrigoni, 2020
Leptastrea bewickensis Veron, Pichon & Best, 1977 Bewick's coral
Leptastrea aequalis Veron, 2000
Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Sinuous cactus coral
Isophyllia rigida (Dana, 1848) Rough star coral
Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)
Favia wisseli Scheer & Pillai, 1983
Favia gravida Verrill, 1868
Favia fragum (Esper, 1793) Golfball coral
Favia danae Verrill, 1872
Echinopora tiranensis Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000
Echinopora robusta Veron, 2000
Echinopora taylorae Veron, 2002
Echinopora mammiformis (Nemenzo, 1959)
Echinopora pacifica Veron, 1990 Hedgehog coral
Echinopora irregularis Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000
Echinopora lamellosa (Esper, 1791) Blue chalice
Echinopora horrida Dana, 1846
Echinopora hirsutissima Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849 Prickly-pored coral
Echinopora gemmacea (Lamarck, 1816)
Echinopora grandicula Claereboudt, 2006
Echinopora fruticulosa (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Echinopora forskaliana (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849)
Echinopora ashmorensis Veron, 1990
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758) Grooved brain coral
Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816) Double star coral
Cyphastrea zhongjianensis Zou, 1980
Cyphastrea serailia (Forsskål, 1775)
Cyphastrea salae Baird, Hoogenboom & Huang, 2017
Cyphastrea ocellina (Dana, 1846)
Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck, 1816)
Cyphastrea kausti Bouwmeester & Benzoni, 2015
Cyphastrea magna Benzoni & Arrigoni, 2017
Cyphastrea japonica Yabe & Sugiyama, 1932 Lesser knob coral
Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000
Cyphastrea decadia Moll & Best, 1984
Cyphastrea agassizi (Vaughan, 1907)
Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forsskål, 1775)
Colpophyllia amaranthus (Müller, 1775)
Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772) Boulder brain coral
Barabattoia mirabilis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941
Australogyra zelli (Veron, Pichon & Best, 1977)
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