Larger star coral

Favites halicora

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth2–15 m
Water temperature22–30 °C
Best monthsMay and August
How commonOccasional

About this species

Favites halicora is a species of coral belonging to the family Merulinidae. The species was first described in 1834 by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg as Astraea halicora.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Favites halicora”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 5 records
February: 24 records
March: 7 records
April: 15 records
May: 45 records
June: 4 records
July: 7 records
August: 32 records
September: 14 records
October: 3 records
November: 3 records
December: 3 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–15 m · Deepest record: 590 m

0–10 m: 183 records
10–20 m: 30 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C

22–24 °C: 28 records
24–26 °C: 146 records
26–28 °C: 145 records
28–30 °C: 86 records

Names and classification

English: Larger star coral, larger star coral

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: マルカメノコキクメイシ
Simplified Chinese: 實心角菊珊瑚

Other scientific names: Astraea (Fissicella) halicora, Astraea halicora, Astrea halicora, Favia halicora, Goniastraea halicora, Goniastrea halicora, Prionastraea halicora, Prionastrea halicora, Prionastrea rousseaui

Similar species

Larger star coral
Favites abdita
Lesser knob coral
Cyphastrea serailia
knob coral
Dipsastraea speciosa
Hedgehog coral
Echinopora lamellosa
false knob coral
Astrea curta
Head Coral
Dipsastraea favus

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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
494 open-data records from 1834 to 2011.

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