WoRMS name details
Pavona (Polyastra) Ehrenberg, 1834
766437 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:766437)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Subgenus
- Species Pavona (Polyastra) obtusata (Quelch, 1884) accepted as Pavona venosa (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavona (Polyastra) planulata (Dana, 1846) accepted as Gardineroseris planulata (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pavona (Polyastra) ponderosa (Gardiner, 1905) accepted as Gardineroseris planulata (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pavona (Polyastra) venosa (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Pavona venosa (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pavona (Polyastra) acuticarinata (Umbgrove, 1940) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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 at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Pavona (Polyastra) Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766437 on 2025-05-02
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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 at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
basis of record Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459. [details]
new combination reference Wells JW. (1936). The madreporarian genus Polyastra Ehrenberg. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 18: 549-552, pls. 9-10. [details]
basis of record Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459. [details]
new combination reference Wells JW. (1936). The madreporarian genus Polyastra Ehrenberg. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 18: 549-552, pls. 9-10. [details]