Reef coral Favia gravida underwater Abrolhos national Marine Park, Bahia, Brazil
This species has solid colonies, spherical and hemispherical light or yellowish brown color. The chalices are unequal, rounded, oval or elongated and deformed many times. Due to the great variety in the form of goblets, Laborel (1969a) describes three different types, types 1, 2 and 3, each having three morphologic changes, denominated Forms A, B and C. Type 1 are simple goblets, more or less equidimensional; in type 2 some chalices are oval and slightly elongated, and type 3 is characterized by the steep stretch of goblets with a strong meandrinization. The three variations found within each of these types relate to the sidewall of the cups. As the sidewalls are mixed and the vials are very close to each other; form B, intermediate, the walls have 1 to 2 mm thick, and form C has the quite separate cups and a little high. This species is very resistant to changing environmental conditions, particularly with respect to temperature, salinity and turbidity of the water. Along with Siderastrea stellata species are the most common coral in the shallow pools of the aftermaths top of coastal coral reefs and even in non-reef substrata that outcrop along the beaches. It is an endemic species of the Brazilian fauna, showing affinities with the species present in the Caribbean area. Is recorded from the reefs of the State of Ceará coast, Atol das Rocas and Fernando de Noronha Archipelago to the coast of the Holy Spirit. Abundant in the shallow parts of the Abrolhos reef, the Itaparica Island and the northern coast of Bahia, and also recorded on the island of Trinidad.
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Location: Abrolhos, Bahia, Brazil
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