WoRMS taxon details
Pavona minor (Brüggemann, 1879)
207302 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207302)
accepted
Species
Pavonia minor Brüggemann, 1879 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pavonia minor Brüggemann, 1879) Brüggemann, F. (1879). Über die Korallen der Insel Ponap. <em>Journal du Museum Godefroy, Hamburg.</em> 14: 201-212. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Pavona minor (Brüggemann, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207302 on 2026-06-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pavonia minor Brüggemann, 1879) Brüggemann, F. (1879). Über die Korallen der Insel Ponap. <em>Journal du Museum Godefroy, Hamburg.</em> 14: 201-212. [details]
basis of record Sheppard CRC. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 307: 1-32., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.307.1 [details]
basis of record Sheppard CRC. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 307: 1-32., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.307.1 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). <em>U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260(I): 385-486., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp260i
page(s): 392, 441 [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). <em>U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260(I): 385-486., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp260i
page(s): 392, 441 [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Nontype USNM, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]