Taxon name selected

Barabattoia laddi (Wells, 1954)

Status

Historical generic designation for

Target Taxon

Favia laddi (Wells, 1954)

Selected taxon name information

Authority reference(s):

Wells, J.W. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands. Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). Professional Papers of the United States Geological Survey 260:385-486, pls. 94-185. (For species details see p. 456)

Taxonomic reference(s):

Wells, J.W. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands. Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). Professional Papers of the United States Geological Survey 260:385-486, pls. 94-185.

Veron, J.E.N., Pichon, M. and Wijsman-Best, M. (1977). Scleractinia of eastern Australia. Part II. Families Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae. (Townsville, Australia: Australian Institute of Marine Science), 3:1-233.

Veron, J.E.N. and Pichon, M. (1982). Scleractinia of eastern Australia. Part IV. Family Poritidae. (Townsville, Australia: Australian Institute of Marine Science), 5:1-159.

Veron, J.E.N. (2000a). Corals of the World. Townsville: Australian Institute of Marine Science. Volumes 1-3. 1410pp.

Target taxon name information

Authority reference(s):

Wells, J.W. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands. Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). Professional Papers of the United States Geological Survey 260:385-486, pls. 94-185. (For species details see p. 456)

Taxonomic note: A species complex. Considered a species of Barabattoia (= Favia) by many authors and Dipsastraea (= Favia) by Huang, Benzoni, Fukami et al. (2014). See Wijsman-Best (1972, 1974). Molecular study shows that the presence of extratentacular budding is not a generic-level character, hence inclusion of this species in genus Favia