Favites vasta

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth70–140 m
Water temperature27–29 °C
Best monthsApril, September, and November
How commonRare

All species

Photo credit: no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 10 records
February: 21 records
March: 21 records
April: 28 records
May: 15 records
June: 20 records
July: 9 records
August: 9 records
September: 31 records
October: 25 records
November: 46 records
December: 16 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 70–140 m · Deepest record: 140 m

70–80 m: 2 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110–120 m: 0 records
120–130 m: 0 records
130–140 m: 0 records
140–150 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 27–29 °C

26–28 °C: 20 records
28–30 °C: 13 records

Photos

(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Favia vasta, Prionastraea vasta, Prionastrea vasta

Similar species

Larger star coral
Favites abdita
Larger star coral
Favites flexuosa
false knob coral
Favites magnistellata
Larger star coral
Favites 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).
56 open-data records from 1879 to 2010.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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