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Leaf coral
Pavona venosa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207301, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Leaf coral
- Scientific
- Pavona venosa
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 3 to 25 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
An encrusting to massive Pavona with cups set in short, irregular valleys separated by ridges. Colonies are usually brown or grey and grow on reef slopes. It needs close examination to tell from Pavona varians.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=2); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Pavona-venosa.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207301
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:GCMP_sample_photo_692_(25639322736).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.