Pavona coral
Pavona duerdeni
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Agariciidae
- Genus
- Pavona
Where to Find
Found in 20 diving areas across 17 countries and 6 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 6 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 23 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 5 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 2 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Daymaniyat Islands, Oman - 1 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 1 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 2 records