Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Alternative combination: Siderastrea maldivensis
Belongs to Pavona according to Vaughan 1918
Sister taxa: Pavona (Pavona), Pavona banoensis, Pavona bipartita, Pavona bronni, Pavona burdigalensis, Pavona cactus, Pavona clavus, Pavona danai, Pavona decussata, Pavona duerdeni, Pavona explanulata, Pavona frondifera, Pavona gigantea, Pavona javana, Pavona longicollis, Pavona machapooriensis, Pavona matheroni, Pavona microstoma, Pavona minuta, Pavona panamensis, Pavona pennyi, Pavona profunda, Pavona ruvida, Pavona trinitatis, Pavona variabilis, Pavona varians, Pavona venosa, Pavona yamanarii, Pavona (Pseudocolumnastrea) modeloensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), French Polynesia (1), New Zealand (1), Pitcairn (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (1), United States Minor Outlying Islands (2)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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