Taxon name selected

Madrepora faveolata Ellis and Solander, 1786

Status

Original genus of

Target Taxon

Orbicella faveolata (Ellis and Solander, 1786)

Selected taxon name information

Authority reference(s):

Ellis, J. and Solander, D. (1786). The natural history of many curious and uncommon zoophytes collected from various parts of the globe. London. 206pp. (For species details see p. 166 and Plate 53, Figs. 5-6)

Target taxon name information

Authority reference(s):

Ellis, J. and Solander, D. (1786). The natural history of many curious and uncommon zoophytes collected from various parts of the globe. London. 206pp. (For species details see p. 166 and Plate 53, Figs. 5-6)

Taxonomic note: Well-defined species formerly in genus Montastraea (for history refer to Weil and Knowlton, 1994). However, neither the description nor the holotype of the original Ellis and Solander (1786) species are recognisable. Although this name is technically meangless it should be accepted on the basis of unambiguous usage (see 'Overview of coral taxonomy'