Faviids of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Contents : Introduction. Study area. Material and methods. Classification of the family faviidae. Key characters. Description. I. Genus caulastrea Dana, 1846: 1. Caulastrea echinulata (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849). 2. Caulastrea furcata Dana, 1846. 3. Caulastrea curvata Wijsman Best, 1972. II. Genus Favia Oken, 1815: 4. Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846). 5. Favia fragum (Esper, 1797). 6. Favia laxa (Klunzinger, 1879). 7. Favia truncatus Veron, 2000. 8. Favia albidus Veron, 2000. 9. Favia matthaii Vaughan, 1918. 10. Favia speciosa Dana, 1846. 11. Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954. 12. Favia lacuna Veron, Turak and DeVantier, 2000. 13. Favia pallid (Dana, 1846). 14. Favia rotumana (Gardiner, 1899). 15. Favia vietnamensis Veron, 2000. 16. Favia Rosaria Veron, 2000. 17. Favia danae Verrill, 1872. 18. Favia favus (Forskal, 1775). 19. Favia rotundata (Veron, Pichon and Wijsman-best, 1977).  20. Favia maxima Veron, pichon and Wijsman-best, 1977. 21. Favia maritime (Nemenzo, 1971). 22. Favia veroni Moll and Best, 1984. 23. Favia lizardensis Veron and Pichon, 1977. 24. Favia leptophylla Verrill, 1868. 25. Favia marshae Veron, 2000.  III. Genus Barabattoia Yabe and Sugiyama, 1941: 26. Barabattoia amicorum (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848). 27. Barabattoia laddi (Wells, 1954). IV. Genus Favites Link, 1807: 28. Favites stylifera (Yabe and Sugiyama, 1937). 29. Favites micropentagona Veron, 2000. 30. Favites pentagona (Esper, 1794).31. Favites monticularis Tamal Mondal, Raghunathan and Venkataraman, 2013.  32. Favites spinosa (Klunzinger, 1879). 33. Favites acuticollis (Ortmann, 1889). 34. Favites bestae Veron, 2000. 35. Favites chinensis (Verrill, 1866). 36. Favites halicora (Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1834).  37. Favites russelli (Wells, 1954).  38. Favites abdita (Ellis and Solander, 1786). 39. Favites complanata (Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1834).  40. Favites vasta (Klunzinger, 1879). 41. Favites flexuosa (Dana, 1846). 42. Favites paraflexuosa Veron, 2000. V. Genus Goniastrea Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848: 43. Goniastrea minuta Veron, 2000. 44. Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier, 1971. 45. Goniastrea retiformis (Lamarck, 1816). 46. Goniastrea Palauensis (Yabe and Sugiyama, 1936). 47. Goniastrea aspera Verrill, 1865. 48. Goniastrea peresi (Faure and Pichon 1978). 49. Goniastrea pectinata (Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1834). 50. Goniastrea australensis (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1857).  51. Goniastrea favulus (Dana, 1846). VI. Genus Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834: 52. Platygyra yaeyamaensis Eguchi and Shirai, 1977. 53. Platygyra crosslandi (Matthai, 1928).  54. Platygyra pini Chevalier, 1975. 55. Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe and Sugiyama, 1936. 56. Platygyra carnosus Veron, 2000. 57. Platygyra verweyi Wijsman-best, 1976. 58. Platygyra lamellina (Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1834). 59. Platygyra contorta Veron, 1990. 60. Platygyra daedalea (Ellis and Solander, 1786). 61. Platygyra acuta Veroon, 2000. 62. Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849). VII. Genus Oulophyllia Edwards and Haime, 1848. 63. Oulophyllia bennettae (Veron, Pichon and Wijsman-Best, 1977). 64. Oulophyllia crispa (Lamarck, 1816). 65. Oulophyllia levis (Nemenso, 1959). VIII. Genus Leptoria Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848: 66. Leptoria Phrygia (Ellis and Solander, 1786). 67. Leptoria irregularis Veron,  1990. IX. Genus Diploria Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848: 68. Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1848). X. Genus Colpophyllia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848:  69. Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772). XI. Genus Montastraea de Blainville, 1830: 70. Montastraea salebrosa (Nemenzo, 1959). 71. Montastrea annularis (Ellis and Solander, 1786). 72. Montastrea curta (Dana, 1846). 73. Montastraea annuligera (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1850). 74. Montastrea Colemani Veron, 2000. 75. Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767). 76. Montastrea valenciennesi (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849). 77. Montastrea magnistellata Chevalier, 1971. XII. Genus Plesiastrea Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848:  78. Plesiastrea versipora (Lamarck, 1816). XIII. Genus Oulastrea Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848: 79. Oulastrea crispata (Lamarck, 1816). XIV. Genus Diploastrea Matthai, 1914: 80. Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816). XV. Genus Leptastrea Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848: 81. Leptastrea aequalis Veron, 2000. 82. Leptastrea bottae (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849). 83. Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger, 1879. 84. Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952. 85. Leptastrea purpurea (Dana, 1846). XVI. Genus Cyphastrea Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848: 86. Cyphastrea agassizi (Vaughan, 1907). 87. Cyphastrea ocellina (Dana, 1846). 88. Cyphastrea japonica Yabe and Sugiyama, 1936. 89. Cyphastrea serailia (Forskal, 1775). 90. Cyphastre chalcidicum (Forskal, 1775). 91. Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck, 1816). XVII. Genus Solenastrea Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848:  92. Solenastrea bournoni Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849. XVIII. Genus Echinopora Lamark, 1816: 93. Echinopora forskaliana (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1850). 94. Echinopora pacifius Veron, 1990. 95. Echinopora gemmacea (Lamarck, 1816). 96. Echinopora hirsutissima Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849. 97. Echinopora lamellose (Esper, 1791). 98. Echinopora fruticulosa Ehrenberg, 1834. 99. Echinopora horrid Dana, 1846. References.