Favites abdita

Favites abdita
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Merulinidae
Genus:	Favites
Species:	F. abdita
Binomial name
	Favites abdita; (Ellis and Solander 1786)
Synonyms
	List Astraea fusco-viridis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833; Astraea robusta Dana, 1846; Astraea virens Dana, 1846; Favastrea magnifica de Blainville, 1834; Favia abdita (Ellis & Solander, 1786); Favia hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834); Favites astrinus Link, 1807; Favites robusta (Dana, 1846); Favites virens (Dana, 1846); Goniastrea seychellensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849); Madrepora abdita Ellis & Solander, 1786; Prionastraea abdita (Ellis & Solander, 1786); Prionastraea crassior Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849; Prionastraea gibbosa Klunzinger, 1879; Prionastraea magnifica (de Blainville, 1834); Prionastraea obtusata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849; Prionastraea profundicella Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849; Prionastraea quoyi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849; Prionastraea robusta (Dana, 1846); Prionastraea seychellensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849; Prionastraea sulfurea Milne Edwards, 1857;

Favites abdita, also known as the larger star coral, is a species of stony coral in the family Merulinidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region and its range extends from East Africa and the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean to the Western Pacific Ocean. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being "near-threatened".

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