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Large star coral
Favites abdita
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207449, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Large star coral
- Scientific
- Favites abdita
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 47 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A massive coral whose cups share walls, giving a honeycomb pattern. It forms rounded or flattened colonies, usually brown, cream or green, with darker or paler cup centres. It grows on reef slopes and in lagoons. Favites species look alike and need close examination to separate.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=17, USNM); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=1); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Favites-abdita.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207449
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Favites_abdita.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.