Acanthastrea faviaformis

Veron, 2000

Encrusting Pineapple Coral, Starry Cup Coral, Acans

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, and the Solomon Islands.

Natural Environment: Inhabits shallow reef slopes and lagoons and seen at depths between 6 to 40 feet (2 - 12 m).

Aquarium Suitability: Not purposely collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Anthozoa

Subclass: Hexacorallia

Order: Scleractinia

Family: Mussidae

Genus: Acanthastrea

FYI: Shown here for identification only.

If available in the trade, which would be extremely rare, and is often misidentified.

Aquarium care would be similar Acanthastrea lordhowensis.