Cactus coral
Pavona decussata
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Agariciidae
- Genus
- Pavona
Where to Find
Found in 35 diving areas across 22 countries and 6 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 3 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 52 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 5 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 5 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 7 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 2 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 40 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 5 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Eilat, Israel - 1 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 6 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sumatra, Indonesia - 1 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 3 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 3 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 5 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 1 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 5 records