Pavona clavus

Pavona clavus
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Agariciidae
Genus: Pavona
Species:
P. clavus
Binomial name
Pavona clavus
(Dana, 1846)
Synonyms[2]
  • Agaricia clavus (Dana, 1846)
  • Lophoseris clavus (Dana, 1846)
  • Pavona (Pavona) clivosa (Verrill, 1869)
  • Pavona (Pseudocolumnastrea) galapagensis Durham & Barnard, 1952
  • Pavona clivosa (Verrill, 1869)
  • Pavona galapagensis Durham & Barnard, 1952
  • Pavona lilacea (Klunzinger, 1879)
  • Pavona liliacea (Klunzinger, 1879)
  • Pavona sphaeroidalis (Ortmann, 1889)
  • Pavonia clavus Dana, 1846
  • Pavonia clivosa Verrill, 1869
  • Pavonia liliacea Klunzinger, 1879
  • Siderastraea clava (Dana, 1846)
  • Siderastraea lilacea Klunzinger, 1879
  • Siderastrea clava (Dana, 1846)
  • Siderastrea clavus (Dana, 1846)
  • Siderastrea lilacea Klunzinger, 1879
  • Siderastrea sphaeroidalis Ortmann, 1889
  • Stylocoeniella paumotensis Chevalier, 1975
  • Tichoseris clavus (Dana, 1846)

Pavona clavus is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Agariciidae. It is a widespread but uncommon species known from the Indo-Pacific region, the South China Sea, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden. A P. clavus colony in the Solomon Islands is considered to be the world's largest coral.

  1. ^ a b Waheed, Z.; Luzon, K.; Johnson, J.; Cowburn, B.; Dellisanti, W.; Lewis, C. (2024). "Pavona clavus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T133240A165789360. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. ^ Vanden Berghe, Edward; Garcia, Maria; van der Land, Jacob; Hoeksema, Bert (2024). "Pavona clavus (Dana, 1846)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 November 2024.