Pavona (coral)

Pavona
Potato chip coral (Pavona cactus)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Agariciidae
Genus: Pavona
Lamarck, 1801
Species
See text
Synonyms
List
  • Lophoseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
  • Pavonia Lamarck, 1801 [lapsus]
  • Polyastra Ehrenberg, 1834
  • Pseudocolumnastrea Yabe & Sugiyama, 1933
  • Tichoseris Quelch, 1884

Pavona is a genus of colonial stony corals in the family Agariciidae. These corals are found in shallow waters in the Indo-Pacific region.

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