Favites vasta

(Klunzinger, 1879)

Pineapple Coral

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea, Madagascar, Seychelles, Maldives, Japan, East China Sea, and south to Australia.

Natural Environment: Inhabits a wide range of environments, including rocky foreshores and usually seen at depths between 6 to 85 feet (2 - 25 m).

General Husbandry: See Favites abdita for suggested aquarium husbandry.

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Anthozoa

Subclass: Hexacorallia

Order: Scleractinia

Family: Faviidae

Genus: Favites

FYI: In the wild, form flat or mound-like colonies, and usually in a wide range of color with contrasting walls and oral discs.