WoRMS name details
Pavonia Lamarck, 1801
718599 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:718599)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Genus
- Subgenus Pavonia (Lophoseris) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Pavona Lamarck, 1801 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia (Lophoseris) cristata (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Pavona cactus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pavonia angularis Klunzinger, 1879 accepted as Pavona danai (Milne Edwards, 1860) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia boletiformis (Esper, 1791) accepted as Pavona cactus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia cactus (Forskål, 1775) accepted as Pavona cactus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pavonia calicifera Gardiner, 1898 accepted as Pavona venosa (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia clavus Dana, 1846 accepted as Pavona clavus (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Pavonia clivosa Verrill, 1869 accepted as Pavona clavus (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia complanata Verrill, 1866 accepted as Pavona danai (Milne Edwards, 1860) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia crassa Dana, 1846 accepted as Pavona decussata (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia crispa (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Leptoseris papyracea (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia cristata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851) accepted as Pavona cactus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia cristata Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Pavona cactus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia cristata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Pavona cactus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia danai (Milne Edwards, 1860) accepted as Pavona danai (Milne Edwards, 1860) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia decussata Dana, 1846 accepted as Pavona decussata (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Pavonia divaricata Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Pavona divaricata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pavonia elephantotus (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Mycedium elephantotus (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pavonia explanulata (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Pavona explanulata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pavonia formosa Dana, 1846 accepted as Pavona cactus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia frondifera Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Pavona frondifera (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Pavonia gigantea Verrill, 1869 accepted as Pavona gigantea (Verrill, 1869) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Pavonia intermedia Gardiner, 1898 accepted as Pavona varians (Verrill, 1864) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia lactuca (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Pectinia lactuca (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pavonia lata Dana, 1846 accepted as Pavona decussata (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia liliacea Klunzinger, 1879 accepted as Pavona clavus (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia loculata (Dana, 1846) accepted as Pavona decussata (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia minor Brüggemann, 1879 accepted as Pavona minor (Brüggemann, 1879) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, basionym)
- Species Pavonia obtusangula Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Psammocora contigua (Esper, 1794) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia papyracea Dana, 1846 accepted as Leptoseris papyracea (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Pavonia percarinata Ridley, 1883 accepted as Pavona varians (Verrill, 1864) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia plicata Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Psammocora contigua (Esper, 1794) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia praetorta Dana, 1846 accepted as Pavona cactus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia pretiosa Bassett-Smith, 1890 accepted as Leptoseris papyracea (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia ramosa Bassett-Smith, 1890 accepted as Leptoseris papyracea (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia repens (Brüggemann, 1877) accepted as Pavona varians (Verrill, 1864) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia seriata Brüggemann, 1879 accepted as Pavona decussata (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Siderastrea siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pavonia undata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Agaricia undata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pavonia varians Verrill, 1864 accepted as Pavona varians (Verrill, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Pavonia venusta Dana, 1846 accepted as Pavona cactus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavonia foliosa Verrill, 1866 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pavonia furcata Rehberg, 1892 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pavonia latistella Dana, 1846 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pavonia prismatica Brüggemann, 1879 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Pavonia Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718599 on 2025-05-02
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Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details] 
basis of record Klunzinger CB. (1879). Die Korallthiere des Rothen Meeres, 3. Theil: Die Steinkorallen. Zweiter Abschnitt: Die Asteraeaceen und Fungiaceen. 1-100, pls. 1-10. Gutmann, Berlin. [details]
basis of record Klunzinger CB. (1879). Die Korallthiere des Rothen Meeres, 3. Theil: Die Steinkorallen. Zweiter Abschnitt: Die Asteraeaceen und Fungiaceen. 1-100, pls. 1-10. Gutmann, Berlin. [details]
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additional source
Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1890). Report on the corals from Tizard and Macclesfield Banks, China Sea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History,.</em> 6(35): 353-374, 443-458, pls. 12-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939008694050
page(s): 359, 445 [details]
page(s): 359, 445 [details]
Nontype BMNH, geounit Vietnamese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]