DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Lesser star coral
Goniastrea edwardsi
- Usual depth20–49 m
- Water temperature23–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch and April
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 11 records
- February: 18 records
- March: 539 records
- April: 452 records
- May: 286 records
- June: 34 records
- July: 8 records
- August: 31 records
- September: 17 records
- October: 23 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 20–49 m · Deepest record: 73.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Lesser star coral, Honeycomb coral, lesser star coral
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ヒラカメノコキクメイシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 艾氏角星珊瑚
Other scientific names: Astraea (Fissicella) parvistella, Astraea parvistella, Astrea parvistella, Dipsastraea solida, Dipsastrea solida, Goniastraea edwardsi, Goniastraea parvistella, Goniastrea capitata, Goniastrea parvistella, Goniastrea solida
Similar species
Lesser star coralGoniastrea pectinata
knob coralGoniastrea stelligera
- Lesser star coral
Goniastrea favulus
- Lesser star coral
Goniastrea retiformis
Lesser star coralGoniastrea minuta
Lesser star coralGoniastrea thecata
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).
- 1,583 open-data records from 1848 to 2010.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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