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Created 7/27/2021

Family Agariciidae

WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC

Pavona chiriquiensis

 
   
 

YO-257 wreck, O'ahu, 90 feet
 

 

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 40 feet

  

 SHORT-RIDGE PAVONA

Uncommon on reefs in deeper water.  Encrusting with short blade-like ridges that do not form elaborate mazes with corallites in valley floors as in the common Pavona varians.  Reddish-brown or dark brown with pale ridges.  Indonesia to Hawaii, French Polynesia, and Tropical Eastern Pacific.