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Shoulderblade coral
Pavona clavus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207318, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Shoulderblade coral
- Scientific
- Pavona clavus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 65 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A shoulderblade coral: a massive coral that forms columns, knobs or rounded lumps, with small, star-like cups linked by fine ridges. Colonies are usually brown, grey or cream and can form large stands on reef slopes. The polyps are often extended by day, giving the surface a furry look.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=4); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Pavona-clavus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207318
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pavona_clavus,_colonias.jpeg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.