(ofPavonia Lamarck, 1801)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 athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719[details]
Description Colonies are massive, laminar or foliaceous, the latter usually being bifacial. Corallites have poorly defined walls. They...
Description Colonies are massive, laminar or foliaceous, the latter usually being bifacial. Corallites have poorly defined walls. They are small shallow depressions, usually with a central columella, sometimes separated by ridges. Corallites are interconnected by prominent septo-costae. Except for P. explanulata, polyps are extended only at night (Veron (1986)).
Colonies may be foliaceous or globular and often dominate coral communities. Typically with prominent septo-costae connecting adjacent corallites. Polyps usually extended at night (Richmond, 1997). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Pavona Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206614 on 2025-07-15
original description(ofPavonia Lamarck, 1801)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 athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719[details]
original description(ofTichoseris Quelch, 1884)Quelch, J.J. 1884. Preliminary notice of new genera and species of Challenger reef-corals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5th Series 13: 292-297.[details]
original description(ofLophoseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Mémoire sur les Polypes appartenant à la famille des Oculinides, au groupe intermédiaire des Pseudastréides et à la famille des Fongides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 29: 67-73., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1225794[details]
original description(ofPavona (Polyastra) Ehrenberg, 1834)Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862[details]
original description(ofPolyastra Ehrenberg, 1834)Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862[details]
original description(ofPseudocolumnastrea Yabe & Sugiyama, 1933)Yabe H, Sugiyama T (1933) Notes on three new corals from Japan. Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography 11: 11-18, pls. 2-4.[details]
original description(ofReussastraea d'Achiardi, 1875)d'Achiardi, A. D. (1875). Coralli eocenici del Friuli. <em>Tipografia Nistri, Pisa.</em> 1-101, pls. 1-16.[details]
original description(ofHeteroseris Ferry, 1870 †)Ferry, H. de. (1870). Polypiers nouveaux ou peu connus. <em>Annales de l'Académie de Mâcon.</em> 9: 189-206.[details]
basis of recordVeron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Pavonia Lamarck, 1801) BMNH, geounit Vietnamese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype WAM 733-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]Nontype WAM 800-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]Nontype WAM 811-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]Nontype WAM 828-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]Nontype WAM 858-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
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Description Colonies are massive, laminar or foliaceous, the latter usually being bifacial. Corallites have poorly defined walls. They are small shallow depressions, usually with a central columella, sometimes separated by ridges. Corallites are interconnected by prominent septo-costae. Except for P. explanulata, polyps are extended only at night (Veron (1986)).
Colonies may be foliaceous or globular and often dominate coral communities. Typically with prominent septo-costae connecting adjacent corallites. Polyps usually extended at night (Richmond, 1997). [details] Remark Type species: Madrepora cristata Ellis & Solander, 1786 from an unknown locality (Veron, 1986). [details]