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> Agariciidae > Pavona frondifera
Updated 4/13/2024
Family
Agariciidae
INDO-PACIFIC
TROPICAL EASTERN
PACIFIC
Pavona frondifera
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Nu'u'uli, Tutuila, American Samoa, 6 feet
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Vava'u, Tonga, 6 feet |
Paradise Taveuni, Fiji, 10 feet
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Beqa,
Fiji, 6 feet
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Kuata, Fiji, 6 feet
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Savusavu Bay, Fiji, 8 feet
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P. frondifera (L) & P. decussata (R)
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CONTORTED PAVONA
| Common on shallow reefs exposed to wave action. Forms stands of
interlocking contorted blades, star-shaped calices in rows between
ridges. Golden brown. Pavona
decussata is larger and less contorted. Indo-Pacific &
Tropical Eastern Pacific, excluding Hawaii. Formerly known as Pavona
divaricata.
All coral skeletons illustrated
are from scientific collections taken prior to 1998.
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