# Javania

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***Javania*** is a genus of marine corals belonging to the family [Flabellidae](/source/Flabellidae),[1] which was first described in 1876 by [Peter Martin Duncan](/source/Peter_Martin_Duncan).[1][2]

Species of this genus are found world-wide.[3]

## Description

Duncan describes the genus as *"a Desmophyllum with a remarkable epitheca"*, and more detailedly as:[2]

JAVANIA, gen. nov. The corallum is simple, tall, compressed at the calice, and adheres by a broad base. There is a complete epitheca, dense inferiorly, and pellicular superiorly. The larger septa are very exsert; and the tertiaries have costae much broader than they are. The costae of the primary and secondary orders project. There is no columella; and the calicular fossa is very deep. The genus is allied to Desmophyllum, Ehrenberg; but the absence of exsert higher orders of septa and the dense epitheca separate it from this form.

## Species

The following species are accepted by [WoRMS](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) as belonging to the genus *Javania*:[4]

- *[Javania antarctica](/source/Javania_antarctica)* (Gravier, 1914)
- *[Javania borealis](/source/Javania_borealis)* Cairns, 1994
- *[Javania cailleti](/source/Javania_cailleti)* (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
- *[Javania californica](/source/Javania_californica)* Cairns, 1994
- *[Javania clavata](/source/Javania_clavata)* (Michelotti, 1871)
- *[Javania cristata](/source/Javania_cristata)* Cairns & Polonio, 2013
- *[Javania deforgesi](/source/Javania_deforgesi)* Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
- *[Javania duncani](/source/Javania_duncani)* Wells, 1977 †
- *[Javania erhardti](/source/Javania_erhardti)* Cairns, 2004
- *[Javania exserta](/source/Javania_exserta)* Cairns, 1999
- *[Javania fusca](/source/Javania_fusca)* (Vaughan, 1907)
- *[Javania insignis](/source/Javania_insignis)* Duncan, 1876
- *[Javania lamprotichum](/source/Javania_lamprotichum)* (Moseley, 1880)
- *[Javania pseudoalabastra](/source/Javania_pseudoalabastra)* Zibrowius, 1974
- *[Javania subturbinata](/source/Javania_subturbinata)* (Michelotti, 1871) †

## References

1. ["Genus *Javania* Duncan, 1876"](https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Javania). *Australian Faunal Directory*. Australian Government. Retrieved 2025-10-23.

1. Wikidata item [Q56154805](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56154805)

1. ["GBIF: *Javania* Duncan, 1876"](https://www.gbif.org/species/2260188). *gbif.org*. Retrieved 2025-10-23.

1. ["WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - *Javania* Duncan, 1876"](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135115). *www.marinespecies.org*. Retrieved 2025-10-23.

## External links

- [*Javania*: Occurrence data](https://www.gbif.org/species/2260188) from [GBIF](/source/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility)

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