DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Favites colemani
- Usual depth2–5 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, April, and October
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–5 m · Deepest record: 5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Photos
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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Names and classification
Other scientific names: Montastraea colemani, Montastrea colemani, Phymastrea colemani
Similar species
Larger star coralFavites abdita
Larger star coralFavites flexuosa
false knob coralFavites magnistellata
Larger star coralFavites pentagona
- Larger star coral
Favites chinensis
- Larger star coral
Favites complanata
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 48 open-data records from 2000 to 2011.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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