Pavona maldivensis
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Garcia, Maria
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Hoeksema, Bert
date: 2026-08-02
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Pavona maldivensis (Gardiner, 1905)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Pavona maldivensis (Gardiner, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207309 on 2026-08-02
created: 1996-10-25T18:33:43Z
modified: 2022-05-11T18:37:45Z
replaces: 766444
replaces: 207299
replaces: 1594415
replaces: 766445
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Pavona maldivensis (Gardiner, 1905)
class: Hexacorallia
family: Agariciidae
genus: Pavona
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Wells JW. (1954). Bikini and nearby atols: 2. Oceanography (biologic). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 260-1: 385-486, pls. 94-185.
name published in: Gardiner JS. (1905). Madreporaria III. Fungida IV. Turbinolidae. Fauna and geography of the Maldives and Laccadives Archipelagoes, Cambridge. 2: 933-957, pls. 89-93.
name published in year: 1954
name published in year: 1905
order: Scleractinia
parent name usage ID: 206614
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Gardiner, 1905)
specific epithet: maldivensis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted