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Pavona coral (no English common name)
Pavona maldivensis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207309, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Pavona coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Pavona maldivensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A Pavona that forms encrusting sheets, low mounds or short columns with small, star-like cups. Its name refers to the Maldives. Colonies are usually brown or grey and grow on reef slopes.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=6); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=1); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Pavona-maldivensis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207309
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pavona_maldivensis,_in_situ.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.