Javania is a genus of marine corals belonging to the family Flabellidae, which was first described in 1876 by Peter Martin Duncan.
Species of this genus are found world-wide.
Description
Duncan describes the genus as "a Desmophyllum with a remarkable epitheca", and more detailedly as:
Species
The following species are accepted by WoRMS as belonging to the genus Javania:
- Javania antarctica (Gravier, 1914)
- Javania borealis Cairns, 1994
- Javania cailleti (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
- Javania californica Cairns, 1994
- Javania clavata (Michelotti, 1871)
- Javania cristata Cairns & Polonio, 2013
- Javania deforgesi Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
- Javania duncani Wells, 1977 âÂÂ
- Javania erhardti Cairns, 2004
- Javania exserta Cairns, 1999
- Javania fusca (Vaughan, 1907)
- Javania insignis Duncan, 1876
- Javania lamprotichum (Moseley, 1880)
- Javania pseudoalabastra Zibrowius, 1974
- Javania subturbinata (Michelotti, 1871) âÂÂ
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