Coral

Favia gravida

• Group: Coral
• IUCN status: LC

A hardy reef coral of shallow rocky pools and reefs, this species forms rounded domed colonies under forty metres of water. Algae packed into its tissue supply most of its food, and it ranges across warm Atlantic shores.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hexacorallia › Scleractinia › Faviidae › Favia

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 288071.