Larger star coral
Favites pentagona
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Merulinidae
- Genus
- Favites
Where to Find
Found in 39 diving areas across 21 countries and 6 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 4 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 4 records
- Coral Sea, Australia - 28 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 139 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 9 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 2 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 59 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 6 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 4 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 23 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 28 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 7 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 3 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 3 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 4 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 11 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 1 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 1 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 3 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 3 records