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''Pavona'' is a
Corals in this genus have a range of different forms including those that are massive, meandering, columnar, leaf-like, and plate-like. A single species may vary in form according to the current, wave action, lighting conditions, and depth of its location. Members of the genus are distinguished from other corals by having no walls to the corallites, but having clearly delineated septocostae that connect each corallite to its neighbours, giving a flower-like pattern on the surface of the coral. The corallites themselves are shallow depressions with central columella and may be separated by ridges. The polyps, with the exception of '' Pavona explanulata'', are only extended at night. The foliose and plate-like forms tend to be two-sided. If they do not get enough nutrients or “food” from photosynthesis they switch to the autotrophic mode, and obtain some of their nutrition from their symbiotic algae. They can also absorb nutrients from uptaking dissolved organics from the water and even using carbon dioxide to turn it in organic carbon sources they can feed on.
Image:Pavona bipartita, colonia in situ.jpg, '' Pavona bipartita''
Image:Pavona cactus, colonia in situ.jpg, '' Pavona cactus''
Image:Pavona clavus, colonia in situ.jpg, '' Pavona clavus''
Image:Pavona decussata Réunion.jpg, '' Pavona decussata''
Image:Pavona duerdeni, in situ.jpg, ''
genus
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of colonial
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stony corals in the family
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Agariciidae
The Agariciidae are a family of reef-building stony corals. This family includes cactus corals, plate corals, and lettuce corals. Members of the family include symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae in their tissues which help provide their energ ...
. These corals are found in shallow waters in the Indo-Pacific region.
Characteristics
Corals in this genus have a range of different forms including those that are massive, meandering, columnar, leaf-like, and plate-like. A single species may vary in form according to the current, wave action, lighting conditions, and depth of its location. Members of the genus are distinguished from other corals by having no walls to the corallites, but having clearly delineated septocostae that connect each corallite to its neighbours, giving a flower-like pattern on the surface of the coral. The corallites themselves are shallow depressions with central columella and may be separated by ridges. The polyps, with the exception of '' Pavona explanulata'', are only extended at night. The foliose and plate-like forms tend to be two-sided. If they do not get enough nutrients or “food” from photosynthesis they switch to the autotrophic mode, and obtain some of their nutrition from their symbiotic algae. They can also absorb nutrients from uptaking dissolved organics from the water and even using carbon dioxide to turn it in organic carbon sources they can feed on.
Species
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recognises these species:
* '' Pavona bipartita'' Nemenzo, 1980
* '' Pavona cactus'' (Forskål, 1775)
* '' Pavona chiriquiensis'' Glynn, Mate & Stemann, 2001
* '' Pavona clavus'' (Dana, 1846)
* ''Pavona danai
Pavona is a hamlet in Lazio, central Italy. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Albano Laziale. However, its traditional territory is also included in those of Castel Gandolfo and Rome
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'' Milne Edwards, 1860
* '' Pavona decussata'' (Dana, 1846)
* '' Pavona diffluens'' (Lamarck, 1816)
* '' Pavona dilatata'' Nemenzo & Montecillo, 1985
* ''Pavona diminuta
Pavona is a hamlet in Lazio, central Italy. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Albano Laziale. However, its traditional territory is also included in those of Castel Gandolfo and Rome
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'' Veron, 1990
* ''Pavona divaricata
Pavona is a hamlet in Lazio, central Italy. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Albano Laziale. However, its traditional territory is also included in those of Castel Gandolfo and Rome
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'' Lamarck, 1816
* ''Pavona duerdeni
''Pavona duerdeni'', the porkchop coral, is a coral that forms clusters of cream-colored lobes or discs.Fenner, Douglas. 2005. Corals of Hawaii: A field guide to the hard, black, and soft corals of Hawaii and the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, inc ...
'' Scheer & Pillai, 1974
* '' Pavona explanulata'' (Lamarck, 1816)
* ''Pavona frondifera
Pavona is a hamlet in Lazio, central Italy. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Albano Laziale. However, its traditional territory is also included in those of Castel Gandolfo and Rome
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'' (Lamarck, 1816)
* ''Pavona gigantea
''Pavona gigantea'' is a species from the genus '' Pavona''. The species was originally described by Addison Emery Verrill
Addison Emery Verrill (February 9, 1839 – December 10, 1926) was an American invertebrate zoologist, museum curator and u ...
'' Verrill, 1869
* ''Pavona maldivensis
''Pavona maldivensis'' is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Agariciidae. It is found on shallow reef slopes, particularly those with strong wave action, and on vertical surfaces, in tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans ...
'' (Gardiner, 1905)
* ''Pavona minor
Pavona is a hamlet in Lazio, central Italy. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Albano Laziale. However, its traditional territory is also included in those of Castel Gandolfo and Rome
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'' Brüggemann
* ''Pavona minuta
Pavona is a hamlet in Lazio, central Italy. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Albano Laziale. However, its traditional territory is also included in those of Castel Gandolfo and Rome
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'' Wells, 1954
* ''Pavona varians
''Pavona varians'', also known by its common name corrugated coral, is a species from the genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the h ...
'' Verrill, 1864
* ''Pavona venosa
Pavona is a hamlet in Lazio, central Italy. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Albano Laziale. However, its traditional territory is also included in those of Castel Gandolfo and Rome
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'' (Ehrenberg, 1834)
* '' Pavona xarifae'' Scheer & Pillai, 1974
Pavona duerdeni
''Pavona duerdeni'', the porkchop coral, is a coral that forms clusters of cream-colored lobes or discs.Fenner, Douglas. 2005. Corals of Hawaii: A field guide to the hard, black, and soft corals of Hawaii and the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, inc ...
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Image:Pavona explanulata, in situ.jpg, '' Pavona explanulata''
Image:Pavona frondifera.jpg, ''Pavona frondifera
Pavona is a hamlet in Lazio, central Italy. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Albano Laziale. However, its traditional territory is also included in those of Castel Gandolfo and Rome
, established_title = Founded
...
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Image:Pavona maldivensis, in situ.jpg, ''Pavona maldivensis
''Pavona maldivensis'' is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Agariciidae. It is found on shallow reef slopes, particularly those with strong wave action, and on vertical surfaces, in tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans ...
''
Image:Pavona minuta, in situ.jpg, ''Pavona minuta
Pavona is a hamlet in Lazio, central Italy. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Albano Laziale. However, its traditional territory is also included in those of Castel Gandolfo and Rome
, established_title = Founded
...
''
Image:Pavona varians.jpg, ''Pavona varians
''Pavona varians'', also known by its common name corrugated coral, is a species from the genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the h ...
''
Image:Pavona venosa, in situ.jpg, ''Pavona venosa
Pavona is a hamlet in Lazio, central Italy. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Albano Laziale. However, its traditional territory is also included in those of Castel Gandolfo and Rome
, established_title = Founded
...
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References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3932738 Scleractinia genera Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Agariciidae