DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Larger star coral
Favites flexuosa
- Usual depth1–12 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsMay and August
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, 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: 3 records
- February: 29 records
- March: 5 records
- April: 14 records
- May: 85 records
- June: 20 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 60 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 8 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 16 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–12 m · Deepest record: 48 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Photos
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Belinda Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Larger star coral, larger star coral
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- オオカメノコキクメイシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 柔角菊珊瑚
Other scientific names: Astraea (Fissicella) flexuosa, Astraea flexuosa, Astrea flexuosa, Favites ellisiana, Prionastraea flexuosa
Similar species
Larger star coralFavites abdita
false knob coralFavites magnistellata
Larger star coralFavites pentagona
- Larger star coral
Favites chinensis
- Larger star coral
Favites complanata
- Larger star coral
Favites halicora
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).
- 674 open-data records from 1846 to 2011.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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