Favosites is an extinct genus of
tabulate coral characterized by polygonal closely packed
corallites (giving it the common name "honeycomb coral").[1] The walls between corallites are pierced by pores known as mural pores which allowed transfer of nutrients between polyps. Favosites, like many corals, thrived in warm sunlit seas, feeding by filtering microscopic plankton with their stinging tentacles and often forming part of reef complexes.[2] The genus had a worldwide distribution from the
Late Ordovician to
Late Permian.[3]
Distribution
Favosites had a vast distribution, and its fossils can be found on every continent (except
Antarctica).[3]
Species
The following species of Favosites have been described:[3]